Read v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Buchanan Circuit (hurt. . I. Where it is shown that a loss by a common carrier was occasioned by a cause from which he is by law or special contract exempted from liability, the burden is cast upon the shipper to establish the negligence of the carrier. In other words, the shipper then holds the affirmative in establishing the liability of the carrier for negligence. (N. J. St. Nav.
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Appeal from Buchanan Circuit (hurt. . I. Where it is shown that a loss by a common carrier was occasioned by a cause from which he is by law or special contract exempted from liability, the burden is cast upon the shipper to establish the negligence of the carrier. In other words, the shipper then holds the affirmative in establishing the liability of the carrier for negligence. (N. J. St. Nav. Co. vs. Merchants’ Bk., 6 How., 382; Railroad Cd. vs. Reeves, 10 Wall., 176; Clark vs. Barnwell, 12 How., 280; Muddle vs. Stride, 9 Carr. & P., 385; Western Tr. Co. vs. Downer, 11 Wall., 129, S. O. 1Ó/…
1Opinion of the Court
Wa&ner, Judge,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Plaintiff alleged in his petition that on the 22d day of March, 1873, he delivered to defendant at St. Joseph, Mo., one thousand bushels of potatoes, to be conveyed to his consignees at St. Louis, with reasonable speed and dispatch ; that defendant, for a compensation paid by plaintiff, undertook *202to deliver the same on the next day in good condition. There was an averment that, disregarding its duty and agreement, defendant negligently failed to carry,, and deliver the potatoes at St. Louis, with speed and diligence, but negligently stopped and…
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