Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Twiss
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Cass county. Tried below before Chapman, J. Where several carriers unite to complete a line of transportation and receive goods for freight and give a through bill of lading, each carrier is the agent of all the others to accomplish the carriage and delivery of the goods, and is liable for any damage to them, on whatever part of the line the damage is received. (Texas & P. P. Co. v. Fort, 9 Am. & Eng.
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Error to the district court for Cass county. Tried below before Chapman, J. Where several carriers unite to complete a line of transportation and receive goods for freight and give a through bill of lading, each carrier is the agent of all the others to accomplish the carriage and delivery of the goods, and is liable for any damage to them, on whatever part of the line the damage is received. (Texas & P. P. Co. v. Fort, 9 Am. & Eng. R. R. Cases, 392; Texas & P. R. Co. v. Ferguson, 9 Id., 395.) Where receiving carrier has to pay damages for neglect of connecting line, it has a right of action'…
1Opinion of the Court
Maxwell, Ch. J.
It is alleged in the petition, in substance, that during the month of October, 1886, the defendants were common carriers of goods and merchandise from the plaintiff’s depot in Louisville, Nebraska, to .the depot of the C., B. & Q,. R. R., in said village, about the distance of one mile; that on the 11th day of that month one J. P. Young shipped a piano from Weeping Water on the line of plaintiff’s railroad to be carried to Louisville and there delivered to the C., B. & Q,. R. R., to be transported on the latter road to Plattsmouth; that the defendants received freight in less…
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