Collins v. Union Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Wyandotte district court, division No. 2; Frank D. Hutchings, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
*582The opinion of the court was delivered by
West, J.:
The plaintiff sued to recover damages to certain property shipped by him from North Platte, Neb., to Kansas City, Kan., over the defendant’s railroad. The shipment consisted of household goods weighing 2200 pounds, and the only articles involved in this appeal are a piano and an Axminster rug.
The plaintiff claimed and recovered $100 for injury to the piano, and the only question presented respecting this- is one of the measure of damages. The court permitted evidence and gave instructions upon the theory that the plaintiff might recover the…
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