Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Reynolds-Davis Grocery Co.

This action was instituted by the appellee against the appellant to recover the sum of $1,026.66, damages alleged to have been incurred by.the appellee on account of the loss of sugar out of a car shipped from Eaceland, La., to Fort Smith, Ark., under a bill of lading dated April 7, 1920, issued by Morgan’s Louisiana & Texas Eailroad & Steamship Company in Louisiana. The non-agency station was called Mathews. It was five miles from the agency station of Eaceland. The sugar was routed, as shown by the bill of lading,- over the lines of the appellant from its connection with the Southern…