Merchants' Dispatch & Transportation Co. v. Moore

Citations

• 88 Ill. 136

Syllabus

<p>1• Cabbieb—whether hound to carry to destination. Although goods shipped at New York city are marked to the consignee at Bloomington, the presumption a con*'rac*’ t° carry them to the latter point from the acceptance of the same so marked, may be contradicted and overcome by proof of an express contract to carry to Chicago only.</p> <p>2. When a bill of lading, given on the acceptance of goods by a carrier, shows they are to be forwarded to a particular place only, which is short of their place of destination, and the consignor has been a frequent shipper by the same line, and was in the habit of receiving like bills of lading, it will be presumed he was familiar with its contents, and knew the carrier was not under obligation to carry the goods to the place to which they were marked, and if promptly carried to the place specified in the contract, and there safely stored, and they are burned without fault on the part of the carrier, no recovery can be had of him for the loss.</p>