Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railway Co. v. Sharp
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sharp Circuit Court, Northern District. John B. McCaleb, Judge. statement by the court. This action was brought by T. W. Sharp against the appellant railway company to recover damages for the loss of a certain lot of boots and shoes destroyed by fire while in the depot of appellant.
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Appeal from Sharp Circuit Court, Northern District. John B. McCaleb, Judge. statement by the court. This action was brought by T. W. Sharp against the appellant railway company to recover damages for the loss of a certain lot of boots and shoes destroyed by fire while in the depot of appellant. The case was submitted to the circuit court upon the following agreed statement of facts: “It is agreed by and between tbe parties to this suit that T. W. Sharp is plaintiff, and the Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Memphis' Railway Company is defendant, and that on the l4th day of November, 1893, Goodbar &…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The freight for the- destruction, of which the appellee, Sharp, seeks to hold the appellant company liable in this action was shipped, under a through bill of lading, from St. Louis, Missouri, to Mammoth Springs, Arkansas, over two separate lines of railway. The initial carrier was therefore not bound to accept and undertake to deliver the goods at Mammoth Springs, for that point was beyond the terminus of its line. It had the option to accept the goods for delivery to the connecting carrier, or, if it chose to contract for their delivery at Mammoth…
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