Barber v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The plaintiffs appeal from a judgment rendered in favor of the defendant in an action commenced by them to recover the loss caused by leakage in a car of wheat shipped by the plaintiffs. Judgment was rendered on the demurrer of the defendant to the evidence of the plaintiffs.

The plaintiffs sold two cars of wheat to the Strong Trading Company at Wichita, Kan. Under the contract of sale the wheat was to be shipped from Shook, Kan., was to be billed to. Galveston, Tex., for export, and was to be stopped at Wichita for inspection. Nothing was…