Mote v. Chicago & N. W. R. R.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marshall District Court. Action to recover for tbeloss of certain wearing apparel stolen from the trunk of plaintiff, while the same was in the possession of defendant. Yerdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The plaintiff was a passenger upon the train of defendant, going from Marshall to Le Grand, a small village and unimportant station upon defendant’s railway. He had with him a trunk containing wearing apparel, which was “ checked,” as was the custom upon the railway, to be delivered at Le Grand, the place of his destination. Before the train reached the station house at Le Grand, plaintiff left the car, being enabled so to do on account of the slow rate at which the train was running, and his trunk was taken to the station house and left by the baggage master of the train upon the…
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