United States Express Co. v. Hammer

This was an action in replevin, commenced before a justice of the peace, wherein appellee was plaintiff and appellant was defendant. The case was tried in the justice’s court, resulting in *187a judgment for appellee. Upon appeal to the court below, the facts were agreed to, adopted by the court as its special finding of facts, upon which conclusions of law were stated, and judgment rendered thereon in favor of appellee. The facts found are as follows: That appellant was a common carrier of goods for hire; that it had and maintained an office in the city of Indianapolis, and at the town of Eay,…