Amory v. Wabash Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Donovan, J. Case by William R. Amory against the Wabash Railroad Company to recover the value of goods lost in transit. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings érror. This is an action to recover the value of merchandise or samples, shipped by plaintiff as a passenger, and lost or stolen in transit.
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Error to Wayne; Donovan, J. Case by William R. Amory against the Wabash Railroad Company to recover the value of goods lost in transit. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings érror. This is an action to recover the value of merchandise or samples, shipped by plaintiff as a passenger, and lost or stolen in transit. In the conduct of his business the past six or seven years, William R. Amory, a ladies’ tailor and milliner of Detroit, had been making semi-annual visits to Paris, to secure the latest fashions, bringing back with him suits, single garments, and millinery. With these he…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
(after stating the facts). Counsel do not disagree as to the law of the case. The statute provides for compensation for transporting any' passenger and his *407ordinary baggage, not exceeding in weight 150 pounds. 2 Comp. Laws, § 6234, subd. 9. All the authorities agree that the baggage which a passenger is entitled to have carried is the articles which are necessary and requisite for his personal convenience. Story, Bailm. § 499. If a passenger ships merchandise in his trunk without notice to the railroad company, or knowledge on its part, of the contents of the trunk, the company is not…
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