Lasky v. Southern Express Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom tbe circuit court of Monroe county. Hon. Eugene O. Sykes, Judge. Lasky, appellant, was plaintiff in tbe court below, and tbe Express Company, appellee, a common carrier, was defendant there. Erom á judgment in-defendant’s favor plaintiff appealed to tbe supreme court.
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Erom tbe circuit court of Monroe county. Hon. Eugene O. Sykes, Judge. Lasky, appellant, was plaintiff in tbe court below, and tbe Express Company, appellee, a common carrier, was defendant there. Erom á judgment in-defendant’s favor plaintiff appealed to tbe supreme court. Tbe plaintiff delivered to tbe Adams Express Company, a common carrier, in November, 1903, at Parkersburg, West Virginia, a consignment of bats to be carried to Aberdeen, Mississippi, and there to be delivered to plaintiff. Tbe contract of carriage between plaintiff and tbe Adams Express Company, evideuced by tbe bill of…
1Opinion of the CourtMayes, J.
The loss of the goods about which this suit is instituted occurred in November, 1903, and .suit was instituted in justicie court in July, 1906. Therefore Code 1906, § 3127, has no bearing on the controversy. We do not consider what effect this section may have on the stipulations in future.
While the record shows that the claim of Lasky against the express company for the loss of the hats was not made in writing, it also shows that the goods were received on Saturday, and the loss called to the attention of the express company on the following Monday, almost immediately' after the loss was…
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