Selb v. Pacific Storage & Transfer Co.

Citations

• 115 Wash. 42
• 196 P. 584
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 687

Syllabus

<p>Wabehottsemen (4)—Loss oe Goods—Liability. A storage com: pany which agreed to receive goods to be shipped to the owner, notify him of the receipt, and hold them for him, is liable for their value as a warehouseman where it delivered the goods to another who falsely represented herself as the wife of the owner and disposed of the goods.</p> <p>Same (4). A release by a transfer company of the value of goods shipped, made without authorization of the owner, would not affect the liability of a warehouseman receiving the goods under an agreement to hold them for the owner, which was breached by misdelivery.</p>