Southern Express Co. v. Bass

Where in a suit by a shipper against a common carrier for loss or damage to goods in transit it appears from the evidence that some of the goods were not totally damaged or destroyed, but were of some value, and the evidence fails to furnish sufficient data from which a jury might infer the value of the damaged articles, the verdict is without evidence to support it.(a) Plaintiff brought suit against the defendant, a common carrier, for failure to deliver in good condition a shipment of eggs, alleging a total destruction of a part of the shipment; and it appearing from the evidence that some…