Dwyer v. American Railway Express Co.

Appellees were engaged as partners in the jewelry business in the City of Rockford. On August 26, 1924, they delivered to appellant company a package containing diamonds, consigned to Trachtenderg and Spritzker, of Chicago, Illinois.

The package was lost after delivery to appellant, and suit was instituted by appellees in the circuit court of Winnebago county, to its April term, 1925. The defense urged by appellant was that appellees placed a value of $50 upon the contents of the package delivered by them as aforesaid.

The cause came on for trial before the court without a jury, at the January…