Chaimson v. American Railway Express Co.

The following opinion was filed July 8, 1922:

Jones, J.

The plaintiff and his agent were given free transportation for the express purposes of caring for the horses'and relieving the carrier of some of the duties which would otherwise have rested upon it. It is true this did not relieve the company from the obligation to use reasonable care. But it was competent for the parties to malee the stipulation that plaintiff would see that all doors and openings were so fastened and closed as to prevent the escape of the animals or injury to them, and it is clear from the *290evidence that he utterly…