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HENDERSON v. LOUISVILLE, &C., RAILROAD

123 U.S. 61 (1887)

HENDERSON v. LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 31, 1887.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. O.B. Sansum for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Thomas L. Bayne (Mr. George Denegre was with him on the brief) for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action against a railroad corporation by a passenger to recover for the loss of a handbag and its contents.

The plaintiff, a married woman suing by authority of her husband, alleged in the original petition that on October 25, 1883, the defendant, being a common carrier of goods and persons for hire, received her into one of its cars as a passenger from her summer residence at Pass Christian...

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