Railway Express Agency v. Schoen

UDALL, Justice.

J. Schoen, as plaintiff (appellee), brought suit against the A. T. & S. F. Railway Company and the Railway Express Agency to recover damages in the sum of $2,009 alleged to have been suffered by him in connection with a shipment of some twenty cartons of merchandise (principally costume jewelry) weighing approximately 1200 pounds. The amended complaint alleged that the shipment arrived at Holbrook, Arizona, “in such a damaged condition as to be wholly valueless, and many items of said shipment were missing” and that this was caused “as a result of the-careless and negligent…