Deavors v. Southern Express Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Walker County; J. J. Curtis, Judge. Action by Alta Deavors against the Southern Express Company. The court directed a verdict for defendant, and from the judgment entered thereon, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
Appellant sued appellee as a common carrier, to recover damages on account of negligence in the carrying or delivering of the corpse of her brother, which was consigned to her at Carbon Hill, Ala. The corpse was shipped from Chanute, Kan. The receiving- carrier was the Wells Fargo Express Company, which carried the corpse to Springfield, Mo., and there delivered it to appellee, and appellee carrier delivered the same to consignee or her agent at Carbon Hill. Whether or not appellant, by herself or an agent, made any contract with either the receiving or the delivering carrier, does not…
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