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MISSOURI PAC. R.R. v. BOONE

No. 203.

270 U.S. 466 (1926)

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. BOONE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 22, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Merritt U. Hayden, with whom Messrs. Edward J. White and James F. Green were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Frederick L. English, with whom Mr. Morton Jourdan was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1922, Byrd J. Boone, a passenger on an intrastate journey in Missouri over the Missouri Pacific Railroad, checked a trunk which she took with her. It arrived safely at its destination but was not delivered to her because a thief obtained possession through the device of changing checks. She brought this suit against the carrier in a court of the State; and claimed that, under § 9941 of the Revised Statutes...

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