Jeffersonville Railroad v. Cotton

The goods of the plaintiff', Anna M. Cotton, (appellee,) were delivered to the appellant, at Jeffersonville, to be shipped to her husband, F. M. Cotton, at Indianapolis. The appellant carried the goods safely to Indianapolis, where they arrived on the same day, July 28,1866, and were kept iin the appellant’s station free of charge until August 4, *499when, they were deposited by the railroad company in the warehouse of responsible and careful warehousemen at Indianapolis. The goods remained there until September 18, when, without negligence,- they were destroyed by fire. Seven days before the…