New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad v. Shackelford

Citations

• 87 Miss. 610
• 40 So. 427

Syllabus

<p>Railroads. Baggage. Sample ease. Loss. Double damages. Code 1892, § 3569.</p> <p>Where a railroad station agent knowingly cheeked a drummer’s sample case as baggage, the railroad company having so accepted it a number of times during the two preceding years, and it was lost, the railroad company:</p> <p>(а) Is liable to the owner to the extent of its value; but</p> <p>(б) Is not liable .for double damages, under Code 1892, §3569, providing that railroads shall pay double damages where they carelessly lose baggage.</p>