Southern Express Co. v. Stevenson

Citations

• 89 Miss. 233
• 42 So. 670

Syllabus

<p>1. Express Company. Loss. Amount. Limitation.</p> <p>An express company, in the event of loss, is not liable beyond the amount to which its liability is limited in the receipt given for a package received at the minimum rate for transportation, when it received the package without notice as to its value.</p> <p>2. Same. Notice of loss. Contract.</p> <p>Where verbal notice of a partial loss is given to an express com- . pany's agent at the shipping point a few days after the delivery of a package, and the agent has sent out a tracer and at the end of about ninety clays reported that he was unable to find the property, and a written demand is thereupon immediately made for the value of the property, the notice is sufficient, although the receipt given by the express company provided that it would not be liable for loss unless the claim should be presented in writing within thirty days.</p>