Jones v. Great Northern Railway Co.

In their complaint plaintiffs set forth two causes of action. In the first they claim damages for two coats lost through the alleged negligence of the defendant. In the second cause of action they allege that at Devils Lake, North Dakota, for a valuable consideration then paid by them, they deposited with the defendant in its parcel-room for safekeeping two traveling-bags with their contents; that thereafter on the same date they demanded the property, but the defendant failed and neglected to make return, to their damage in the sum of $619.

*234The answer of the defendant to the first cause of…