Northern Line Packet Co. v. Shearer

This was an action of assumpsit, brought by appellee in the Mercer circuit court against appellant, to recover the value of the contents of a trunk claimed to have been lost by appellant. It appears the trunk in question, together with a quantity of household property, was shipped at Muscatine, in the State of Iowa, to New Boston, by a steamboat called “The New Boston.” The other property was delivered to, and received by, appellee, but the trunk, with its contents, consisting of women's wearing apparel, a china cup and saucer and a picture, were never delivered. No plea being filed, a…