Brink's Chicago City Express Co. v. Hunter

This is an action of trover, in which the plaintiff seeks to recover the value of twenty-five volumes of an Encyclopaedia of Law and Procedure. The Municipal Court stated the facts as shown by the evidence substantially as follows: In April, 1907, a law book company shipped the books in question from Albany, packed in a wooden box addressed to one Edward R. Hills, an attorney, 909 Hartford Building, Chicago, care of Brink’s Chicago City Express Company. Plaintiff received the books from the railroad company on April 27, 1907, and took them to 909 Hartford Building for delivery to said Hills.…