Spears v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company

This is a. suit to recover the value of a skating rink shipped by L. Newton, in the name of J. O. Spears, as consignor, to J. O. Spears, as consignee, from Fulton to Amity (both of which places are in this State) which was destroyed by fire at 1:15 a. m. on February 28, 1930, while the rink was still in the car in which it had been shipped over the road of the defendant railroad company.

Newton and Spears, who joined as plaintiffs in the suit, alleged and offered testimony to the effect that Newton sold the rink to Spears for $3,500, its value, and that a cash payment was made upon the sale…