St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Miller
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Nevada Circuit Court; Jacob M. Carter, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. W. L. Miller and wife, the appellee, were engaged in the hotel business at Heber. In the month of September, 1910, they bought tickets from Heber to Little Rock.
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Appeal from Nevada Circuit Court; Jacob M. Carter, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. W. L. Miller and wife, the appellee, were engaged in the hotel business at Heber. In the month of September, 1910, they bought tickets from Heber to Little Rock. On their tickets they checked a trunk containing the wearing apparel of the appellee and a laundry basket containing articles which are described and values given in a list furnished by appellee, and for which this suit was brought, as follows: Laundry basket.................................................................................$ 4.00 Linen…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). 1. The evidence is sufficient to show that appellant is liable if the articles, for the loss of which judgment was rendered, were baggage. Therefore, that is the only question we need consider.
Mr. Hutchinson, in his excellent work on Carriers, says: “When the facts are agreed or undisputed, the question what is baggage is one strictly of law, and must be determined by the court. What constitutes baggage in any given ór supposed case is a question which depends upon principles of law upon which the courts have agreed with great unanimity, whatever…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railway Co. v. McGaheySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1897
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. WhittenSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. SkinnerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
- Little Rock & Hot Springs Western Railroad v. RecordSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulp Railroad v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1898
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