Union Steamboat Co. v. Knapp

Citations

• 73 Ill. 506

Syllabus

<p>1. Carries—duty to give notice of arrival of goods. Carriers by water have always been required to give notice to the consignee of the arrival of goods, where place of abode was known, and this rule has not been relaxed as it has with railroads.</p> <p>2. Where goods shipped in Pennsylvania to the city of Chicago were directed to the consignee, whose name was placed upon the box, and the number of his place of business, and on their arrival by water a letter was mailed to him, without giving his number, and which, in consequence thereof, was returned, and the goods were then destroyed by fire, it was held, tliat the carrier was liable to the owner for a failure to direct the notice to the consignee at his business house.</p>