Henderson v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an action against a railroad company. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff sued out this writ of error. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
This was an action against a railroad corporation by a passenger to recover for the loss of a handbag and its contents.
The plaintiff, a married woman suing by authority of her husband, alleged in the original petition that on October 25, 1883, the defendant, being a common carrier of goods and persons for hire, received her into one of its cars as a passenger from her summer residence at Pass Christian in the State of Mississippi to her winter residence in New Orleans, having in her hand, and in her immediate custody, possession and control, a leathern bag of a kind usually carried by women…
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