Tamarin v. Pennsylvania Co.

Citations

• 53 Pa. Super. 83
• 1913 Pa. Super. LEXIS 137

Syllabus

<p>Carriers — Common carriers — Railroads — Negligence — Bailee for hire.</p> <p>Where a railroad company accepts from a traveling salesman two trunks containing samples, and charges and receives a small amount for over weight, but makes no inquiry as to the contents, and no misrepresentations are made as to the contents, and thereafter the trunks, and their contents are injured at a junction, by reason of the negligence, of the railroad company, while being transferred from one train to another, the company is liable as a bailee for hire of the goods.</p>