City of Chillicothe ex rel. Matson v. Raynard

This suit was brought to recover the value of one trunk and contents charged to have been lost by the negligence of the defendant Raynard, who was employed to carry the same from the "Wabash depot to the Hannibal depot in the city of Chillicothe. Relator alleged that Ray-nard was a public porter licensed as such, and gave bond with defendant Swetland as his security, conditioned “ that said Raynard should conform to the ordinances of the city of Chillicothe in relation to porters, and safely deliver all articles entrusted to his care to the persons entitled to the samethat relator delivered…