Bergstrom v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court.— Hon. B. H. Miller, Judge. Action for value of a trunk checked as baggage over defendant’s railway and lost. Verdict was returned for about one-tenth of the damages claimed, and judgment entered thereon. The defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The plaintiff purchased a ticket over defendant’s railroad from Cedar Rapids to St. Paul, Minn., *224and procured two trunks to be checked as baggage, paying for excess weight seventy cents. One of these trunks, with its contents, was lost, and recovery for the value thereof is sought in this action. Defendant’s liability for the contents of the trunk constituting plaintiff’s personal baggage is conceded. But, aside from such personal belongings as travelers usually carry for their use, comfort, and convenience in making such a journey, this trunk seems to have contained a peculiar assortment of…
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- Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railway Co. v. McGaheySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1897
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- Blumantle v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
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