Ferraro v. Hines

Citations

• 77 Pa. Super. 274
• 1921 Pa. Super. LEXIS 251

Syllabus

<p>Carriers — Negligence — Action to recover damages for goods lost in transit — Failure of shipper to register trade name — Act of June 28, 1917, P. L. 6^5.</p> <p>The Act of June 28, 1917, P. L. 645, providing for the registration of trade names makes it unlawful to carry on business under an assumed or fictitious name. The courts will not lend their aid to persons doing business in violation of this act.</p> <p>A shipper, whose property has been lost in transit by a common carrier, to which it was intrusted, cannot recover in an action of trespass in the courts of Pennsylvania, where he has failed to register his trade name, as required by the provisions of the Act of June 28, 1917, P. L. 645.</p> <p>Keller, J., dissents.</p>