Railway Express Agency v. Huntress ex rel. Royal Ins. Co.

HOOD, Associate Judge.

In April 1944 George S. Huntress, then in the United States Army and stationed in Louisiana, delivered a saxophone, case and accessories, hereinafter referred to as the saxophone, to Railway Express Agency for transportation to himself at his home in Washington, D. C. He was named both as consignor and consignee in the uniform express receipt, which stated the declared value of the saxophone to be $400. Delivery of the saxophone was not made promptly and Mrs. Katherine V. Huntress, mother of George, made claim for loss against the Royal Insurance Company, with whom she…