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GALVESTON & c. RY. CO. v. WOODBURY

No. 100.

254 U.S. 357 (1920)

GALVESTON, HARRISBURG & SAN ANTONIO RAILWAY COMPANY v. WOODBURY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 13, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. T.J. Beall for petitioner.

Mr. Rufus B. Daniel for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

On March 14, 1917, Mrs. Woodbury took the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway at San Antonio, Texas, for El Paso, Texas, and checked her trunk, which she took with her. It was lost and she sued the company in a state district court for the value of trunk and contents, which the jury found to be $500. Mrs. Woodbury was traveling on a coupon ticket purchased...

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