Glover v. Cape Girardeau & Southern Railway Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Stoddard Circuit Court.— Hon. James L. ■ Fort, Judge. (1) A common carrier is the agent of the consignee, and is bound “to carefully watch tbe interest of the owner whoever he may be,” “He is bound to do this to the same extent that a prudent man. would, were he present acting for himself.”
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Appeal from Stoddard Circuit Court.— Hon. James L. ■ Fort, Judge. (1) A common carrier is the agent of the consignee, and is bound “to carefully watch tbe interest of the owner whoever he may be,” “He is bound to do this to the same extent that a prudent man. would, were he present acting for himself.” “Pie must see that the previous charges are reasonable before he is authorized to pay them, for it is not every overcharge, which every extortioner through whose hands goods pass in transitu may see fit to impose upon them, that he is authorized to pay, and thus fix upon the owner a certain…
1Opinion of the CourtBland, P. J.
Plaintiff replevied from defendant one box weighing twenty-four pounds and containing one set of single harness. The package was marked, “From Englewood, Illinois, to Griff. Glover, Bloomfield, Mo.” It was delivered by the consignor at Englewood (which is in the corporate limits of Chicago) to the Adams Express Company. It was carried by that company to Kansas City, Missouri, and there delivered to the American Express Company, who carried it to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and there delivered it to a carrier having connection and a joint traffic contract with the defendant. These carriers…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wells v. ThomasSupreme Court of Missouri · 1858
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