Legal Opinion

Southern Express Co. v. Schurz

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided December 17, 1913No. 8,630PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Prom Dubois Circuit Court; John L. Brets, Judge. Action by Jacob E. Schurz and another against the Southern Express Company and another. Prom a judgment for plaintiffs, the defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtLairy, C. J.

Appellees brought this action against appellants as common carriers, to recover damages for the loss of certain furs shipped by express from Huntingburg, Indiana, to Detroit, Michigan. The complaint was in two paragraphs to each of which there was an answer in general denial. The issues thus formed were tried by the court without the intervention of a jury, and resulted in a finding for appellees in the sum of $313.37. Appellants filed separate motions for a new trial which motions were overruled and judgment rendered.

The only error assigned on appeal is the action of the trial court in…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. M. S. Huey Co. v. JohnstonIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Gates v. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1900
  3. Migatz v. StieglitzIndiana Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Lynch v. Milwaukee Harvester Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1903

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Adkins v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1955
  2. Adkins v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1955
  3. Flack v. Big Cedar Grove Cemetery AssociationIndiana Court of Appeals · 1927
  4. Williams v. Farmers State BankIndiana Court of Appeals · 1921

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