Metz v. California Southern Railroad

This appeal is from a judgment rendered in favor of plaintiff, and against defendant, for the sum of $357 and costs.

The only question presented by the record is, Do the findings support the judgment?

The court finds that at Kansas City, Missouri, in January, 1888, the plaintiff engaged passage on the defendant’s railroad to Colton, in this state, bought a ticket, paid his fare, and checked his trunk, containing, among other things, one lady’s gold watch and chain, of the value of one hundred and fifty dollars; one ady’s breast-pin and ear-rings, of the value of fifteen dollars; five lady’s…