U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana April 9, 1884 (Henderson v. Louisville & N. R. Co.)

Billings, J.

The petition sets forth that the plaintiff was a passenger upon the defendant’s road, in one of defendant’s coaches, forming a part of one of its regular trains, which was run by a conductor by it appointed, from the town of Pass Christian to the city of New Orleans, and lawfully had with her a “certain leathern bag,” which contained money, diamonds, and jewelry, in all to the value