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LONG v. AMERICAN RY. EXPRESS CO.

No. 5288.

30 F.2d 571 (1929)

LONG et al. v. AMERICAN RY. EXPRESS CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 14, 1929.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. E. Orgain, of Beaumont, Tex., T. W. Davidson, of Dallas, Tex., and W. E. Spell and W. L. Eason, both of Waco, Tex., for appellants.

Palmer Hutcheson, of Houston, Tex. (A. M. Hartung, of New York City, Taylor, Atkinson & Farmer, of Waco, Tex., and Baker, Botts, Parker & Garwood, of Houston, Tex., on the brief), for appellee.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment based on a directed verdict for the appellee express company, in an action at law brought against it by appellants to recover damages for delay in the delivery of an express package.

The package in question was accepted by the express company on the afternoon of November 8, 1921, at Waco, Tex., for transportation and delivery to the clerk of the Civil Court of Appeals at Amarillo, Tex.; and was received...

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