Adams Express Co. v. Darnell

This was a suit against the appellant as an *21■express carrier, by the appellee, to recover the value of IT. 6. bonds to the amount of $21,000, entrusted by the appellee t© the express company, to be conveyed from Indianapolis to the village of Waldron, consigned to the appellee, and lost by the negligence of the appellant, and not delivered to the plaintiff.

There was an answer in five paragraphs, only two of which need be noticed.

1. General denial.

2. That the defendant kept an agent and office at Waldron, and plaintiff resided there; that W. was a small village to which valuable packages were…