Reynolds v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from New Madrid County Circuit Court. — How. Sterling H. McCarty, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtFarrington, J.
The plaintiff recovered a judgment for damages in the sum of $1750 on account of the total loss of a moving picture show outfit, a number of articles such as are used by sleight of hand performers, and other paraphernalia of a moving show.
Plaintiff bought a ticket from Bernie, Mo., to Delta, Mo., towns on defendant’s line of railway, and checked *216Ms show outfit to Delta, paying excess baggage charges. These articles were in a car on the track at Bernie, having been transported by defendant from St. Francis, Ark. While the car was waiting at Bernie to be transported to Delta an explosion…
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