Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad v. Washington
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Crittenden Circuit Court. The initial carrier is only liable for the loss on its own line. 23 Fed. 765; 4 Daly, 553; 53 N. Y. 363; 16 Wall. 318; 107 U. S. 106; Ray, Neg. Imp.
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Appeal from Crittenden Circuit Court. The initial carrier is only liable for the loss on its own line. 23 Fed. 765; 4 Daly, 553; 53 N. Y. 363; 16 Wall. 318; 107 U. S. 106; Ray, Neg. Imp. Duties. 583. 530, 525; 9 Heiskell, 852; 32 Ark. 393; 35 Ark. 410. If the receiving carrier collects fare, issues a through ticket, and checks passenger’s baggage to his destination, it is liable for loss occuring to the baggage on its own and connecting lines. 4 Elliott, Railroads. § 1658; Schouler, Bailments & Carriers (2d Ed.), § 696; 35 Am. Rep. 128; 38 Am. Rep. 617; 4 Sneed. 203; 42 Am. Rep. 657: 16 Lea,…
1Opinion of the CourtBattuB, J.
Josie Washington, in her own right and as next friend of her daughter, Nora Brown, brought this action against the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad Company to recover the value of a trunk and its contents. The defendant sold to Nora Brown a ticket over its railroad from Deckerville, Ark., by way of Memphis, and thence by a connecting railroad to Argenta, in this State, and checked her trunk over the same route to the same destination. She took passage on its train, and was transported as indicated by her ticket to Argenta, but her trunk was lost on the connecting railroad between…
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