Willson v. American Railway Express Co.

Hubbs, J.:

The defendant is a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce. On July 18, 1919, the plaintiff delivered to it a carload of cantaloupes, at Horatio, Ark., to be carried and delivered to Kivits Brothers at Terre Haute, Ind., under the provisions of the uniform express receipt, the express charges to be paid by the consignee. The car arrived at Terre Haute on the morning of July twenty-first and the consignees requested the defendant to place it on their track. On July twenty-second the plaintiff received a telegram from Kivits Brothers saying that they could not accept the…