Threefoot v. New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad

Citations

• 89 Miss. 192
• 43 So. 303

Syllabus

<p>Carbiers. ■ Railroads. Comieeting lines. Shortage in freight. Demand,. Code 1892, §4301. Code 190G, §4853.</p> <p>A letter from the consignee to the last of connecting carriers announcing a shortage in a shipment and asking that it be traced is not such a demand as will make the last carrier liable under Code 1892, §4301 (Code 1006, §4853), providing that if a carrier receive freight from another carrier for further transportation and delivery, and on arrival at place of delivery there is a shortage therein, it is the duty of the last carrier to obtain and furnish the consignee, “on demand,” true copies of all notations, exceptions, records, and memoranda entered on the books of each carrier touching the receipt, transfer, and handling of the freight while in transit, and, failing to furnish the same within thirty days after demand, it shall be presumed to have caused such loss.</p>