v0755-55

No. 2103

IN THE

United States Circuit Court of Appeals

For the Ninth CircuiL

WILLIAM BLACKWELL,

Plaintiff in Error,

vs.

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY,

Defendant in Error.

BRIEF ON BEHALF OF PLAINTIFF IN ERROR,

Statement of the Case.

Tlie case, as disclosed by the special findings, is as

follows :

At the times described in the complaint, defend-

ant, which was a common carrier of goods by rail,

received at several of its Eastern termini, in good

order and condition, certain whiskey and spirits, of

the actual value of $5,694.76, to be delivered by it

to the Crown Distilleries Company, the assignor of

the plaintife, at some of the defendant's Western

termini in California.

On account of the ne gligence of the defend-

ants, the goods were delivered to the consignee in

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