St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Ry. Co. v. Furlow
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Ouachita Circuit Court; George W. Hays, Judge; 1. The evidence offered by appellant to show what the rate was under the contract entered into was only explanatory of the contract, in nowise conflicted with it nor tended to vary or change its terms.
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Appeal from Ouachita Circuit Court; George W. Hays, Judge; 1. The evidence offered by appellant to show what the rate was under the contract entered into was only explanatory of the contract, in nowise conflicted with it nor tended to vary or change its terms. The evidence was competent, and its exclusion was prejudicial. 62 Ark. 330; 53 Ark. 4; 81 Ark. 374; 83 Ark. 163; 63 Ark. 475. 2. Instruction N;o. 5 given at appellant’s request was a correct declaration of the law; and in the face of that instruction it was error to give the 6th instruction requested by appellee. It was also error to…
1Opinion of the CourtBattue, J.
The complaint of plaintiffs, W. H. Furlow and B. M. Bigers, against the defendant, St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company, embraces two claims for damages, one for delay in transportation of plaintiffs as passengers and loss of baggage, and the other for injuries to horses sustained while in course of shipment from Coffeyville, Kansas, to Harrell, Arkansas. There is no controversy in this court about the first.
They allege that, on or about the 15th day of September, 1907, plaintiffs loaded in a stock car of the defendant at Coffey-ville, Kansas, twenty-five or twenty-six horses…
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