Gehrke v. American Railway Express Co.

This is an action to recover the value of certain poultry shipped by the defendant for the plaintiff. The action was tried to the court and findings of fact and conclusions of law were made favorable to the plaintiff, upon which, judgment was duly entered for the sum of $284.55 and from which judgment the defendant duly appeals.

On the 16th day of November, 1925, at Baldwin, North Dakota, a railroad station, at which the defendant received goods for carriage, the plaintiff delivered to the defendant six boxes of dressed chickens and one box or barrel of dressed turkeys, all in good condition,…