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AMER. EXPRESS CO. v. U.S. HORSE SHOE CO.

No. 248.

244 U.S. 58 (1917)

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY v. UNITED STATES HORSE SHOE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles F. Patterson, with whom Mr. Francis R. Harbison was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. W. Pitt Gifford for defendant in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

The subject-matter of this suit is the liability, if any, of the plaintiff in error, the Express Company, for the failure to safely deliver a colt which was entrusted to it by the agent of the defendant in error at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for transportation to Erie, Pennsylvania, and if there was any liability, the amount thereof. The controversy is here to review the action of the court below in affirming...

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