Bowman-Kranz Lumber Co. v. Bush

Plaintiff recovered a judgment for $162.94 for the conversion of a car of coal purchased at Paris, Arkansas, and consigned to Omaha, Nebraska, where upon ar*166rival, the shipment was inadvertently delivered by defendant to a company other than the consignee. The district court held that the value at destination should determine the measure of damages and judgment was rendered accordingly. The defendant appealed.

The case is submitted on an agreed statement of facts. The sole question to be determined is whether the value at the place of shipment or at the place of destination ,should govern in.…