Andrus v. Columbia & Okanogan Steamboat Co.

Citations

• 47 Wash. 333
• 92 P. 128
• 1907 Wash. LEXIS 762

Syllabus

<p>Carriers—Carriage op Goods—Connecting Carrier—Agency— Place op Delivery—Lien por advances, |Upon the consignment of goods to a common carrier to he carried over successive routes, the first and succeeding carriers become the agents of the owner to make delivery to the next carrier, and it is their duty to forward the goods to their destination by the usual or best route, in the absence, of apparent limitation, regardless of undisclosed contracts of. the consignee with respect to the shipment; and the last carrier has a lien for its charges and advances paid, regardless of the fact that by mistake or otherwise the goods were sent over the wrong route or that the consignee had a special contract with another carrier to whom they should have been delivered.^)</p> <p>Same—Duty to Forward—Emergency. ^Where a consignee of a shipment of powder had a special arrangement whereby a certain carrier was to transport its goods by boat from W. to R., and such carrier sold its only boat to the only other carrier between the points stated, an emergency arises requiring the forwarding of the powder regardless of the consignee’s previous contract with the former carrier. ^</p>