Abercrombie v. Edwards
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Custer County; T. A. Edwards, Judge. Action by W. A. Abercrombie and another against Sarah Edwards and another. From a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the evidence, plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
BURFORD, C.
This suit was instituted by the plaintiffs in error against the defendants in error to recover the value of a certain sample trunk and its contents. The plaintiff’s evidence showed that he was a traveling salesman, and that the goods lost were samples which he carried for the purpose of show and display. His trunk was placed in the sample room of the hotel by a baggageman employed by him, and after it bad remained there for a considerable period of time finally was found to be missing, and it was presumed that the same had been stolen.
There was evidence tending to show…
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