Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad v. Harp

The suit was to recover damages for the the alleged loss of a quantity of oats shipped over the road of appellant, and appellee got judgment in the court below against appellant for the sum of $272.52 and costs.

*421The bills of lading, expense bills and receipts, set out in the record, together with the testimony of the witnesses in the case, establish the following facts: That the oats were shipped by rail from Kansas in several car lots, consigned to the order of the shippers at Buena Vista, with direction to “notify W. E. Harp,” the appellee; that the oats were delivered by the connecting road…