Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Hepner

On the 24th day of August, 1889, R. Hepner, the plaintiff below, delivered to the Montana Central Railway Company at Helena Station, Montana, four boxes of dry-goods, one roll of bedding and one bundle of clothing, consigned to A. Bohmer, at Denver, Colorado. The goods were the property of the plaintiff, and Bohmer was her agent at Denver to receive them. It is averred that these goods were delivered by the Montana Company at Butte, Montana, to the defendant, The Union Pacific Railway Company, to be by it transported to Denver, and there delivered to the consignee. On September 13,1889,…