Sherburne v. Hotel Grunewald Caterers Co.

Plaintiffs sue for the value of a trunk and its contents which they sent by express to defendant company engaged in the operation of a hotel in New Orleans.

Plaintiffs, prior to their departure from White Castle, Louisiana, where they were married, had expressed the trunk to defendant company, to be held pending their arrival.

Upon arrival they requested that the trunk be delivered to them but were advised that this was impossible as it had been either lost or stolen.

Mrs. Sherburne claims $727.50 as the value of the articles belonging to her and the husband $123.50 as the value of his.

The only…