Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Jordon Stock-food Co.

Citations

• 67 Kan. 86
• 72 P. 533
• 1903 Kan. LEXIS 212

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Title and Ownership — Replevin from Common Carrier. It is the duty of a common carrier to surrender to ’the owner, upon demand, personal property held by it in its warehouse awaiting transportation under a contract of carriage with a person who had wrongfully obtained possession of it from the owner.</p> <p>2. -Railroad Company — Pleading. In an action of replevin brought by the owner of personal property against a railroad company which has received it for transportation from a person wrongfully in possession, it is not necessary to allege in the petition that the defendant’s railroad runs into, or through, the county in which the suit is brought.</p>