Illinois Central Railroad v. Handy

Citations

• 63 Miss. 609

Syllabus

<p>1. Sleeping-Car Company. Liability of for property stolen. Negligence of passenger.</p> <p>If a passenger, on leaving a sleeping-ear at liis destination, negligently leave his pocket-book containing money on the car, the sleeping-car company is not responsible for the property so left, if it be stolen by some one not in the employ of the company, unless an agent of the company discovered before the theft that such property had been left.</p> <p>2. Same. Liability for property stolen, by passenger from, fellow-passenger. Negligence.</p> <p>A sleeping-car company is not liable to a passenger for property stolen by a fellow-passenger, where the theft was not committed in the presence of a servant of the company, or under such circumstances as would reasonably suggest to such servant that the theft was being or about to be committed, if the servants of the company were not guilty of any negligence in keeping that reasonable guard which its contract implies that it will keep.</p> <p>S. Same. Liability for money stolen by employee. Extent thereof.</p> <p>A sleeping-car company is not liable for money stolen by one of its employees from a passenger on its car, except to the- extent of a sum reasonably sufficient for the expenses of the journey which such passenger is undertaking.</p>