Legal Opinion
Lancaster Wight v. Schreiner
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided May 9, 1919PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from Barton County Circuit Court. — Hon. B. G. Thurman, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtSturgis, P. J.
This is a suit to recover from the shipper an alleged balance due for freight charges on a shipment of hay from Golden City, Missouri, to New Orleans, Louisiana. The trial court denied plaintiff’s right to recover and it appeals.
The facts are not disputed. The defendant delivered to the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad, hereafter called the Frisco, at Golden City, Missouri, two car loads of hay for shipment to Leonhardt Company, consignee, at New Orleans. The defendant shipper made inquiry of the station agent at Golden City and ascertained that there was in force a through tariff rate,…
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