Harold Paro v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co‪.‬

This appeal involves a claim for indemnity by Simpson Express & Transfer Company against the Steffen Transfer Company.
For the sake of convenience the parties will be referred to as Simpson and Steffen. Trial below was before the court sitting
without a jury, and resulted in a judgment for Simpson in the sum of $5,041.16, from which Steffen has appealed. The essential facts are not in dispute. The Pennsylvania Railroad and Simpson had entered into a written contract whereby
Simpson agreed to transport less-than-carload freight between stations of the Railroad and places of business of patrons of
the Railroad at St. Louis, Missouri, and environs, and to handle such freight to and from trucks from and to the platform
of the Railroad. That contract contained a provision by which Simpson agreed to indemnify the Pennsylvania Railroad, as follows: