Letner v. Mo. Pac. R.R. Co.

The uncontradicted evidence shows that the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad issued a bill of lading to plaintiff on a shipment from a point in Missouri on its line to a point in Arkansas on defendant's line. That the goods were in good condition when delivered to the initial carrier, and that when the car was in defendant's charge at the terminus of the shipment it showed that it had been in a wreck somewhere along the line or lines of shipment and his goods were totally lost to him. Judgment was rendered for plaintiff for the value of his property and appellant brings the case here on appeal…