Colley v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.

This is an action for damages groiving out of the *865transportation of household goods and furniture by the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company. The plaintiff in his original petition claimed that the railway company had converted the property shipped, and sued for the full value. No allegations of fact were set out at the time of the first trial sufficient to sustain the charge of conversion, but the petition only went so far as to show negligence on the part of the railway company and a temporary loss of the goods. Shortly after the suit was commenced, the goods were found. Judgment was…