Snowden v. Tremont & G. Ry. Co.

In this case the plaintiff sues the defendant railroad for damages alleged to have been done to a carload of used opera chairs shipped from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Winnfield, La., over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, the initial carrier, the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, a connecting carrier, and the Tremont & Gulf Railroad Company, the delivering carrier and the defendant herein. Plaintiff bought from the Cleveland Wrecking Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, 456 used upholstered opera chairs, and instructed that they be shipped to him at Winnfield, La. A ear was secured for the shipment,…