Eatman v. T. & P. R. R. Co.

The defendant appeals from a judgment holding it liable for damages sustained by a carload lot of merchandise shipped oyer its line by Reuleaux & Company from New Orleans to Grand Cane, ■Louisiana, and a penalty of fifty dollars assessed against it for failure to make a timely adjustment of the claim as provided by Act No. 29 of 1908.

The sole ground urged here for the reversal of the judgment is that the trial court failed to. properly weigh the evidence offered in support of the defense that the car had, been improperly loaded by the consignor and that the damage arose from such improper…