Perkins v. Wright

The appellee sued the appellants, the owners of the steamboat Mollie Norton, as common carriers, for the value of a carpet sack and contents, which, it is alleged,-were shipped at Henderson, Kentucky, to the plaintiff at Evansville, in this State, and never delivered. The complaint commences, “Prince A. Wright, an infant, who sues by Edward H. -E. Wright, as next friend, complains,” etc. The second paragraph commences thus: “The said plaintiff further complains of the said defendant,” etc.

*28The first paragraph, states that the defendants promised in consideration that the plaintiff delivered to…