Dunn v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court. — Hon. John T. Redd, Judge. The following are the instructions referred to in the opinion of the court, as. having been given by the court below on its own motion: 1. The court instructs the jury that under the contract sued on the defendant was bound to transport the mules from the town of Shelbina to the station at the city of St. Louis, and to deliver said mules to the plaintiff at said station ; that by said contract plaintiff undertook…
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Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court. — Hon. John T. Redd, Judge. The following are the instructions referred to in the opinion of the court, as. having been given by the court below on its own motion: 1. The court instructs the jury that under the contract sued on the defendant was bound to transport the mules from the town of Shelbina to the station at the city of St. Louis, and to deliver said mules to the plaintiff at said station ; that by said contract plaintiff undertook to feed, water and take care of said mules during their transit, and that under said contract it was the duty of…
1Opinion of the CourtNorton, J.
This suit was instituted in the circuit court of Shelby county for the recovery of damages alleged to have been sustained on a shipment of forty mules in the cars of defendant.
The petition alleges that on the 20th day of January, 1873, plaintiff delivered to defendant at Shelbina, a station on her road, forty head of mules of the value of $5,000, to be shipped to St. Louis; that said mules were received, and defendant, in consideration of the sum of $116, to be paid by plaintiff, undertook to exercise and observe due and proper care in the carriage of said mules as a common *274carrier for hire,…
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