Legal Opinion
Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Boone
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 12, 1926No. 203PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In 1922, Byrd J. Boone, a passenger on an intrastate journey in Missouri over the Missouri Pacific Railroad, checked a trunk which she took with her. It arrived safely at its destination but was not delivered to her because a thief obtained possession through the device of changing checks.. She brought this .suit against the carrier in a court of the State; and claimed that, under § 9941 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1919, she was entitled to the full value. This law, first enacted in 1855, Mo. Rev. Stat., c. 39, § 45, had never…
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