Paint and Lead Works v. . Spruill

In 23 R. C. L., 1433, it is said: “That where goods are ordered of a specific quality, which the seller undertakes to deliver to a carrier to be forwarded to the buyer at a distant place, the right of inspection, in the absence of any specific provision in the contract, continues until the goods are received and accepted at their ultimate destination. In such case the carrier is not the agent of the buyer to accept the goods as corresponding with the contract, although he may be his agent to receive and transport them.” This is the rule very generally prevailing on the subject, and obtains in…