Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Nicholai

This is an action by the appellee against the appellant as a common carrier, to recover the value of certain baggage alleged to have been lost in its transmission from the city of Portland, Oregon, to the city of Indianapolis.

The material averments of the complaint are: That on the 19th of October, 1889, the appellant, in consideration of $49 to it paid, undertook to safely carry the appellee and her baggage from Portland, Oregon, to Indianapolis, Indiana, by way of the Northern Pacific Eailroad, the Wisconsin Central Eailroad, and the appellant’s own railroad • that said baggage consisted of…