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SOUTHERN EXPRESS CO. v. BYERS

No. 201.

240 U.S. 612 (1916)

36 S.Ct. 410

60 L.Ed. 825

SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY v. BYERS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 3, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Julius C. Martin, Mr. Thomas S. Rollins, Mr. George H. Wright and Mr. Robert C. Alston for plaintiff in error.

There was no appearance or brief filed for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

Claiming damages solely on account of mental anguish occasioned by failure promptly to deliver a casket and grave clothes intended for his wife's burial and accepted by plaintiff in error with knowledge of the facts at Asheville, North Carolina, for transportation to Hickory Grove, South Carolina, Byers recovered a judgment against it for $250, and this was affirmed...

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