Waechter v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Santa Barbara County denying a motion to change the place of trial of a foreign corporation. S. E. Crow, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. E. W. Camp, U. T. Clotfelter, A. H. Van Cott, and M. W. Reed, for Appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtTaggart, J.
Appeal from an order denying defendant’s motion for change of place of trial. Action to recover the value of a trunk lost by plaintiff while traveling as a passenger on defendant’s railway.
Plaintiff's ticket was for a round trip from Norfolk, Virginia to San Francisco, California, and return, with stopover privileges. The trunk was checked at Santa Barbara for Norfolk, Virginia, on the return trip, and, as alleged by the complaint, was transported by the Southern Pacific Company to Los Angeles, where it was delivered to defendant and by the latter negligently lost and destroyed in transit.
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