St. Louis Southwestern Ry., Henwood v. Fleming

Appellee consigned to himself at Pine Bluff, from Oskaloosa, Iowa, a car of mixed freight consisting of household goods, a bowling alley outfit, three billiard and three pool tables, and a variety of other personal property. Somewhere in transit, many of these articles were damaged,,, and others demolished. A suit for damages resulted in a judgment of $1,991.93, and from that judgment is this appeal.

It is not insisted that the judgment is excessive, the insistence for the reversal of the judgment is that the damages resulted from the negligent manner in which the goods were packed in the car.

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