Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co. v. Burke
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from Superior Court, Pottawatomie County; Leand'er G. Pitman, Judge. Action by R. J. Burke against the Chicago, Bock Island & Pacific Railway Company to recover damages sustained by reason of shipment of freight arriving in bad condition. Judgment for the plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
This action was commenced in the justice court of D. P. Sparks, a justice of the peace of Shawnee township in Pottawatomie county, by R. J. Burke against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, a corporation, to recovew damages sustained by reason of two ears of potatoes that were shipped to the plaintiff and which arrived in bad condition. The defendant railway company was a connecting carrier, and delivered the potatoes at their destination. Judgment was taken by default in the justice court, and the defendant appealed to the superior court of Pottawatomie county. The case was…
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