Wall v. American Railway Express Co.

— This is a suit for conversion brought in seven counts. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiffs in the sum of $2031.45 and defendant has appealed.

The evidence shows that plaintiffs made a number of shipments of eggs to one Hamilton, doing business as the International Butter Company, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the intention of plaintiffs to make C. O. D. shipments but there was evidence tending to show that plaintiffs were persuaded by the express company’s agent at Denton, Missouri, where the shipments originated, to make the shipments to themselves at…