Smart v. Florida East Coast Railway Co.

The plaintiff brought this action to recover for damages done to household goods in transporting them from Cocoa, Florida, to Detroit, over the lines of the various defendants. So far as important here, they were transported from Jacksonville, Florida, to Cincinnati, Ohio, by defendant Southern Railway Company; from Cincinnati to Toledo, Ohio, by defendant Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company; from Toledo to Detroit by defendant Pere Marquette Rail way Company. It does not appear that any service was had on defendant Florida East Coast Railway Company. Service was had on one R. C. Semon, a…