Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R. R. v. McCall

Citations

• 100 Miss. 827
• 57 So. 224

Syllabus

<p>L. Carriers. Baggage. Liability for loss.</p> <p>It is the duty of a railroad where baggage is checked by a passenger over its road to care for it until it arrives at its destination and afterwards until it has been delivered to the passenger.</p> <p>2. Carriers. Baggage. Liability for loss.</p> <p>Where a plaintiff checked his trunk over the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad to Jackson and arrived at that point at night and the next morning purchased a ticket, over the Yazoo 'Mississippi Valley Railroad and went to the baggage agent to check his trunk to a point on the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad and then found that by mistake the trunk had been shipped over the Alabama & Vicksburg Railroad to a point on that road, and his trunk was delayed for two months, and when finally received found to have been rifled of its contents, field, that the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad never having had the possession of the baggage was not liable for the loss.</p> <p>3. Same.</p> <p>In such case it is immaterial that the baggage agent at Jackson was the joint agent of all the three roads.</p>