Peterson v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. — Hon. C. M. Waterman, Judge. The plaintiff seeks to recover of the defendants, who are common carriers of passengers and baggage, the value of certain wearing apparel, ornaments and ■other property which were stolen from certain trunks of the plaintiff and her husband, while being conveyed as baggage from Davenport, in this state, to the city of Los Angeles, in the state of California.
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Appeal from Scott District Court. — Hon. C. M. Waterman, Judge. The plaintiff seeks to recover of the defendants, who are common carriers of passengers and baggage, the value of certain wearing apparel, ornaments and ■other property which were stolen from certain trunks of the plaintiff and her husband, while being conveyed as baggage from Davenport, in this state, to the city of Los Angeles, in the state of California. There was a trial by jury, and at the close of the introduction of the -evidence the court, on the motion of the defendants, directed the jury to return a verdict for the…
1Opinion of the CourtRothkook, C. J.
— I. In -the month of October, 1886, W. D. Peterson, the husband of the plaintiff, made a ■contract at Davenport, in this state, for transportation for himself and family from Davenport to Los Angéles, ■California. He purchased three through tickets, for which he paid the agent of the Rock Island Company the ¡áum of two hundred and- fifty dollars. He had certain traveling trunks, which were checked by the Rock Island Company to Kansas City. The tickets were what is known as “ coupon tickets.” The first coupon was good for transportation over the Rock Island road to Kansas City ; the next…
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