Fitch v. Carpenter

Plaintiffs recovered a judgment in the sum of $1,950 as damages suffered in the loss of their household goods which defendant W. L. Carpenter, doing business under the firm name and style of Argonne Van Lines and Argonne Van and Storage Company, a common carrier, undertook to transport from Mill Valley, California, to Los Angeles. The complaint alleged the contract of carriage, the payment of defendant’s charges in the sum of $173.61, that defendant represented to plaintiffs that all goods carried by him were fully covered by insurance against loss by fire; that they were induced thereby to…