Calhoun v. American Railway Express Co.

Plaintiff brings this suit against the defendant to recover $763.50 alleged to be due him for account of damage to a shipment of furs caused by defendant’s negligence in allowing said furs to become wet in transit between Jonesville, Louisiana, the place of shipment, and Ferriday, Louisiana, the place of delivery.

He alleges that the furs were delivered to the defendant at Jonesville in good condition and that defendant issued its uniform receipt therefor, and that when said shipment arrived at the place of delivery the furs were wet and had become heated, that the fur was slipping from the…