Aaronson v. Pennsylvania Railroad

The plaintiff, on November 19, 1897, delivered to thfe agents tof defendant a valise, containing articles of the value, as found by the trial justice, of $40, to be sent as freight from Philadelphia to New York by the defendant. Some eighteen days afterwards, she went to the company’s place in New York, and made a demand for the valise, which was delivered to her by defendant’s agents; but, upon opening it, upon such delivery, she discovered that the contents, contained therein, at the time of sending, had disappeared. The testimony shows that the valise was in good condition and properly…