Fowles v. Louisville & Nashville R. R.

This is a suit to recover the amount paid for reconditioning certain furniture alleged to have sustained damage as the result of rough handling while being transported by defendant railroad company and connecting carriers from Niagara Palls, N. Y., to New Orleans, La.

The railroad company contends that the furniture was loaded into the car at point of origin and unloaded at destination by agents or employees of plaintiff; that defendant had nothing whatever to do with either the loading or unloading; and that plaintiff has not sustained the burden placed upon her by such circumstances of…