McCall v. Pullman Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Lewe

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action to recover damages for breach of an alleged contract of bailment of a leather-covered hatbox and the contents thereof consisting of a Russian sable neckpiece and other wearing apparel. There was a jury trial and verdict and judgment in defendant’s favor. Plaintiff’s motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial were denied. Plaintiff appeals.

The evidence discloses that on January 17, 1942, plaintiff Jennie Owen McCall and her husband Warner McCall boarded one of defendant’s sleeping cars at…