Boston Insurance v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. 0. P. Holmes, Judge. Action to recover the value of a registered mail package which the defendant, as one of the agencies of the government, for carriage of its mails, undertook to carry from Kansas City, Mo., to Kinsley, Kan., and which it is claimed was destroyed by fire in a wreck at 'Volland, Kan., caused by the negligence of defendant’s employes.
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Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. 0. P. Holmes, Judge. Action to recover the value of a registered mail package which the defendant, as one of the agencies of the government, for carriage of its mails, undertook to carry from Kansas City, Mo., to Kinsley, Kan., and which it is claimed was destroyed by fire in a wreck at 'Volland, Kan., caused by the negligence of defendant’s employes. The Bankers’ Mutual Casualty Company paid the loss to the owner of the package; and plaintiff, who had reinsured the loss, repaid the amount thereof to the casualty company,' and as assignee of said…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
'Defendant, a corporation organized under the laws of this state for the purpose of operating a *425railway, was in March of the year 1899 maintaining a line of road in the state of Kansas, and was carrying the United States mail in its passenger trains operated over said road, pursuant to the following notice:
“Post-Office Department. Office of the Second Assistant Postmaster. General Railway Adjustment Division. Washington, D. 0., Sept. 30 1898. Sir: The compensation for the transportation of mails,” etc., “on route No. 155,075, between St. Joseph, Mo., and Liberal, Kansas, has been fixed from…
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