Davis

This is an action by a shipper against the carrier to recover for the total loss of a ship ment of four bales of goatskins, the goods having disappeared after their delivery to the carrier for carriage from San Francisco to Wilmington, Delaware. Judgment was given in favor of the plaintiff for the admitted value of the goods. The appeal is by the defendants.

The undisputed facts of the case as shown by the evidence and stipulation of facts, signed by counsel for the respective parties, are as follows:

That on the fifth day of December, 1917, the plaintiff was the owner of four (4) bales of goatskins, each bale consisting of five hundred pieces, and that the plaintiff ever since has been, and is now, the owner thereof. That on the last-mentioned date, the plaintiff delivered the said bales to said defendant Southern Pacific Company at San Francisco, California, and the said company then and there accepted the same from the plaintiff for safe carriage by said railroad company for hire on its said railroad, and connecting rail carriers, from San Francisco to Wilmington, state of Delaware, and for delivery to plaintiff’s order at the last-named place. That the said railroad company…