Fineberg v. American Express Co.

Citations

• 71 Pa. Super. 407
• 1919 Pa. Super. LEXIS 124

Syllabus

<p>Gommon carriers — Express companies — Failure to deliver package — Misdirection.</p> <p>An express company is not liable for damages for delay in delivering an express package to a consignee, where the wrong address was given, and evidence is produced at the trial to show that the company made efforts to deliver the package, and had informed the consignor that it could not find the consignee at the address given.</p> <p>It is the duty of a carrier to deliver the property entrusted to its care at the address given and, when it cannot find the consignee, to notify the shipper of such fact. Having done this the express company is not to blame for failure to get from other sources the information, in regard to the address, which the consignor should have supplied.</p>