Reel v. Adams Express Co.
Citations
- 27 Pa. Super. 77
- 1905 Pa. Super. LEXIS 5
Syllabus
<p>Common carriers■ — Express companies — Agent—Identification of agent— Evidence.</p> <p>Where by its business methods, and its uniform course of dealing, an express company holds out persons who drive wagons marked with its name, and are uniformed with caps bearing its name, as authorized to receive goods for transportation by its express lines, and delivery is made to such person, both a jury and a referee may draw the inference, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, that such person was the agent of the express company.</p>
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