H. R Mallison & Co. v. Barrett

This action was brought against the defendant, as president of the Adams Express Company, formerly a common carrier of express matter, for loss of part of a shipment moving in interstate commerce. The facts Were stipulated.

On June 12, 1918, at Paterson, N. J., the plaintiff turned over to the express company five bales of silk consigned to a silk storage company at New York city. Four were delivered, the fifth being lost. The actual value of all five was $4,026; the value of the lost bale Was $818.50. For all five $1,375 was the amount declared when the express company accepted the silk. The…