Cassilay v. C. P. Young & Co.

.Judge Marshall.delivered tire opinion of the Court,

If the bill of lading, by which the shipment of the complainant’s goods on the flat boat No. 2, (Mediator,) foi delivery without delay, (perils of the river and unavoidable accidents excepted,) at Vicksburg, had contained expressly the privilege of re-shipping on good steam boats at Paducah or the mouth of the Ohio, instead of naming the mouth of Ohio aloné; still as the carriers had .undertaken to deliver the goods at Vicksburg without delay, this privilege of re-shipment, even if it had been more extensive and authorized a re-shipment…