Emerson Co. v. Reunis

Citations

• 65 Wash. 513
• 118 P. 631
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 962

Syllabus

<p>Shipping — Transportation op Goods — Routes—Departure—Liability por Damage. A steamship company is not liable for damage to a shipment of oranges from Yokohama to Seattle, under a bill of lading which did not specify the route, through failure to pursue the direct, shorter and cooler northern route, instead of the southern route by way of Honolulu and San Francisco, where it appears (1) that the two routes were usual and customary and well known to the commercial world, and (2) the southern route was, at the time the shipment was received, the usual and only route of the vessels of the defendant.-</p> <p>Gose, J., dissents.</p>