Goode v. Adams Express Co.

On September 11, 1918, tbe plaintiff brought action at, law, alleging that, on February 11, 1918, he delivered certain packages or bales of furs to be transported by defendant as a common carrier from Bloomfield, Iowa, to a named consignee in New York City; that, in violation of its duty as such carrier, defendant failed to safely transport said shipment or to deliver the same at its destination, whereby said goods were wholly lost to the plaintiff, to his damage in the sum of $2,820. The defendant, not appearing, was defaulted, and judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff for the full…