Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. J. W. Myers Commission Co.

Hart, C. J.,

(after stating the facts). This is not a case where the common-law presumption against carriers who have received perishable commodities in good condition and have delivered them in damaged condition is applicable, as was the case in Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company v. George E. Shelton Produce Company, 172 Ark. 1017, 291 S. W. 428, and Railway Express Agency, Inc., v. S. L. Robinson & Co., ante p. 660. In cases like those, when the goods are damaged in the hands of the carrier, the burden of proof is upon it to show that its negligence did not contribute to the…