Gatton v. United States Express Co.

This case had its origin in the court of common pleas. Plaintiff in error was plaintiff therein and defendant in error was defendant therein. By his amended petition the plaintiff sought to recover, as he alleged, for a breach of a verbal agreement entered into between himself on the one part and the agent of the defendant company on the other part, for the transportation of thirty-eight horses-and mules, in first-class condition, from Bellville, Ohio, to Pittsburg, Pa., upon an agreed price. He avers that the defendant company violated its agreement to his injury in the sum of $630 which he…