Kirkby v. Armistead

This case presents a mere question of fact, which was solved below in favor of the plaintiffs, who had judgment for the sum of $200, and the defendant appealed.

It appears that in March, 1839, the defendant undertook to ship to Liverpool, by way of New York, to the address of one of the plaintiffs, a small quantity of silver plate, said in the petition to be of the value of $300. The plate was the property of the plaintiffs, they having inherited the same- from their father, and was delivered by their agent to the defendant for the purpose aforesaid, contained in a small trunk, ten dollars…