Phila. & R. R. v. Beck

Citations

• 125 Pa. 620
• 17 A. 505
• 1889 Pa. LEXIS 761

Syllabus

<p>When a railroad company, in disregard of a shipper’s instructions and of its undertaking, forwards merchandise by steamer instead of by rail, and the merchandise is lost by fire on the steamer, the carrier is responsible for the loss in an action on the contract, the question of proximate cause as in an action for negligence being immaterial.</p>