Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad v. Boyce

The facts in this case are not controverted. Appellee was a passenger, with a through ticket, purchased at San Francisco from that city to Chicago, over the Central Pacific, the Union Pacific and appellant railroads. He carried with him an ordinary traveling trunk and a box of photographs.. The trunk was checked from San Francisco to Ogden, but the Central Pacific Bailroad Company refused to check the box as baggage, alleging it was express matter. At Ogden, however, both trunk and box were checked to Omaha. Before arriving at the latter place, appellee surrendered his checks to Omaha, and…