Furniture Company v. Railway Company

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] September 15, 1913. The opinion of the Court was delivered by Plaintiff recovered judgment against defendant in a magistrate's Court for $14.75 damages done to a shipment of furniture, while in defendant's possession in this State, and $4.60, overcharges in the freight collected by defendant thereon, and $50, the penalty allowed by statute (Civ. Code, 1912, section 2573), for the failure of defendant to pay plaintiff's claim for said damages and overcharge…