American Express Co. v. Fletcher

Fletcher and Sharpe, who were bankers at Indianapolis, sued the appellant for the loss of a package of paper money which the latter undertook to carry from Indianapolis to Areola, Illinois, and deliver to one J. O. Riley, in person. It so appears by a receipt given for the package, a copy of which is made part of the complaint. The complaint is in two paragraphs, in the usual form as against a common carrier, the first charging a loss by negligence, and the second that the package was carelessly delivered to another person than Riley, and thereby lost. It is alleged in both paragraphs that…