Hampton v. Pullman Palace Car Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Pettis Circuit Court. — Host. J. H. Both well, Special Judge, Statement by the court. This was an action commenced before a justice of the peace to recover the value of a certain valise and contents, alleged to have been lost by the plaintiff while traveling in one of the defendant’s cars. The case was appealed to the circuit court, where a judgment was rendered for the plaintiff for the amount sued for less a small amount remitted after verdict.
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Appeal from the Pettis Circuit Court. — Host. J. H. Both well, Special Judge, Statement by the court. This was an action commenced before a justice of the peace to recover the value of a certain valise and contents, alleged to have been lost by the plaintiff while traveling in one of the defendant’s cars. The case was appealed to the circuit court, where a judgment was rendered for the plaintiff for the amount sued for less a small amount remitted after verdict. The statement filed by plaintiff is as follows: “ That, on or about the twenty-third day of October, 1888, the defendant Pullman…
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
When the porter arranged plaintiff’s berth at night, he placed her valise in the berth above the one she occupied, and she put her satchel in the berth with her. She had the porter get the valise down in order that she might get something out of it; after which, as she was fastening it, the Pullman conductor came along and helped her ; when he had finished, she remarked she would have him return it to the upper berth. But the conductor said it would be perfectly safe in the unoccupied seat opposite her berth, at the same time placing it there. Defendant contends that this evidence should not…
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