Stone & Co. v. D., L. & W. R. R.

Citations

• 72 Pa. Super. 416
• 1919 Pa. Super. LEXIS 331

Syllabus

<p>Common carriers — Bailment—Delivery by mistahe — Liability.</p> <p>A delivery, by a common carrier, of a shipment consigned to its care, otherwise than in accordance with the bill of lading, is at the carrier’s risk. The title remaining in the consignor until an authorized delivery, the carrier was bound to deliver the shipment to the person to whom the owner consigned it.</p> <p>If delivery of goods be made to a person other than the consignee, though innocently and by mistake but without the order of the consignor, the carrier is liable to the consignor in case of loss.</p>