Illinois Cent. R. v. Shaw

Citations

• 128 Miss. 9
• 90 So. 229

Syllabus

<p>1. Carriers. Where hill of lading excused carrier from liability except as zvarehouseman forty-eight hours after notice, time runs from receipt of notice.</p> <p>Where a bill of lading provides “for loss, damage or delay, caused by fire occurring after forty-eight hours (exclusive of legal holidays) after notice of arrival of the property at destination has been duly sent or given, the carrier’s liability shall be that of warehouseman only,” the forty-eight hours does not begin until the receipt by the consignee of the notice.</p> <p>2. Carriers. Consignee’s request to mail notice of arrival of goods held not to make postal department consignee’s agent.</p> <p>A request of the carrier by a consignee to mail to him the notice of the arrival of goods provided for in the bill of lading on which they were shipped does not make the postal department the consignee's agent for the receipt of the notice.</p>