Colorado & Southern Railway Co. v. Manatt

Cunningham, Judge.

The plaintiff brought his action in the district court against the railroad company to recover the value of certain household goods and furniture which he had delivered to the A. T. & S. F. Ry. Co., at Corona, California, for shipment to Boulder, Colorado, said goods having been destroyed by a fire which consumed the depot of the defendant company at Boulder, the fire being the work of an incendiary. In its amended answer, the defendant admits that the goods in question “arrived at Boulder and were unloaded by the defendant at its depot and warehouse in said city on, to wit,…