Lee Line Steamers v. Craig
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court, Osceola District; W. J. Driver, Judge; There was no completed delivery. 75 Ark. 100; Hutchinson on Carriers, § 94; 60 Ark. 339. The court’s charge to the jury was misleading and without evidence to support it.
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Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court, Osceola District; W. J. Driver, Judge; There was no completed delivery. 75 Ark. 100; Hutchinson on Carriers, § 94; 60 Ark. 339. The court’s charge to the jury was misleading and without evidence to support it. The uncontradicted evidence shows that the buggy and harness were delivered to, and received by, appellant’s agent as freight, and, the judgment- of the lower court being right under the facts (the loss being admitted) , the same should be affirmed, even though there may be error in the instructions. 4 Elliott on Railroads, § § 1403-4-5,1464; 63…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
H. M. Craig brought this suit against the Lee Line Steamers to recover damages for the loss of a runabout and harness, which it is alleged in the complaint had been delivered to the defendant as a common carrier for transportation.
The facts, so far as are necessary to present the issues raised by the appeal, are substantially as follows:
The defendant, Lee Line Steamers, was a common carrier, operating iand running a line of steamboats on the Mississippi River from Memphis to St. Louis, including Osceola and Barfield, in Arkansas. Walter Cox was a local agent for the defendant, and stated that…
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