Bockserman v. St. Louis & Hannibal Railway Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Charles Claflin Allen, Judge. No case was made against appellant. The petition counts on theft or loss through negligence and the evideuce does not show any. Mere receipt in good order and delivery in bad order is no proof of negligence. Haase Co. v. Transp. Co., 143 Mo. App. 57; Hurst v. Eailroad, 117 Mo. App. 25 ; Hadley v. Orchard, 77 Mo. App. 141; Farr v. Adams Exp. Co., 100' Mo. App. 574; Ecton v. Eailroad, 125 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Charles Claflin Allen, Judge. No case was made against appellant. The petition counts on theft or loss through negligence and the evideuce does not show any. Mere receipt in good order and delivery in bad order is no proof of negligence. Haase Co. v. Transp. Co., 143 Mo. App. 57; Hurst v. Eailroad, 117 Mo. App. 25 ; Hadley v. Orchard, 77 Mo. App. 141; Farr v. Adams Exp. Co., 100' Mo. App. 574; Ecton v. Eailroad, 125 Mo. App. 223; McCrary v. Eailroad, 109' Mo. App. 567; Haase Co. v. Transp. Co., 143 Mo. App. 42; Standard Co. v. Eailroad, 122 Mo.…
1Opinion of the Court
NORTON!, J.
This is a suit for damages accrued to plaintiff through the alleged negligence of defendant in transporting a shipment of goods from Hannibal to Washington, Missouri. On a trial before the court without a jury, plaintiff had judgment, and defendant prosecutes the appeal.
Originally, the Wabash Railroad Company, and the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, which completed the transportation, were made defendants., but the suit was dismissed as to the two latter carriers before the trial was had, and proceeded to judgment against defendant, the initial carrier, alone.
The evidence tends…
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- Blackmer & Post Pipe Co. v. Mobile & Ohio RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1909
- Hurst v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1906
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