Adams Express Co. v. Starkey

This case was originally commenced before a justice of the peace, and a default judgment was rendered against the defendant in favor of the plaintiff. The case was appealed to the court of common pleas, where a trial was had and judgment was rendered against the defendant.

It appeared by the petition of the plaintiff, W. O. Starkey, filed in the court below, that on December 20, 1910, a box containing certain goods, consisting of books, dress goods, pocket knives, toys, and including a twenty-dollar gold piece and a five-dollar gold piece placed in a nickelplated cup in said box, valued at…