Saffa v. Ill. Cent. R.R. Co.

* Headnotes 1. Carriers, 10 C.J., Sections 1588, 1589; 2. Carriers, 10 C.J., Section 1590; 3. Carriers, 10 C.J., Section 1608; 4. Carriers, 10 C.J., Section 1607; 5. Carriers, 10 C.J., Section 1587; 6. Carriers, 10 C.J., Section 1587; 7. Carriers, 10 C.J., Section 1607. This is an action to recover the value of baggage consisting of a trunk and its contents destroyed by fire in the defendant's depot at Covington, Tennessee. The action was commenced before a justice of the peace in the city of St. Louis. Thence the case went on appeal to the circuit court. A trial anew in the circuit court…