Gifford v. Fargo

On April 24, 1918, the plaintiff shipped or caused to be shipped from Syracuse, N. Y., a certain “ casting ” by the American Express Company to plaintiff at McConnellsville in this county, a distance of some fifty-four miles. It is said that the shipment should have reached McConnellsville the following morning; but it did not in fact arrive there for upwards of two months. This action was brought to recover damages on account of the foregoing facts and has resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of forty-nine dollars, from which defendant appeals.

The summons was originally issued…