Hutchinson v. United States Express Co.

POITENBARGBR, JUDGE:

In an action pending in the circuit court of Braxton county, on appeal from a judgment of a justice’s court, in which H. B. Hutchinson was plaintiff and 'the United States Express Company defendant, for the recovery of $128.60, the value of a package of furs, stolen from the express company, a demurrer to the evidence was sustained and judgment rendered for the defendant, of which Hutchinson complains here.

Hutchinson, a dealer in furs for a number of years, residing in the vicinity of Cogar, a town in Braxton county, frequently, if not generally, sent out through the…