Jennings Automatic Dump Body, Inc. v. Virginian Railway Co.

Sims, J.,

after making the foregoing statement, delivered the following opinion of the court:

The decision of the ease turns upon a single question, namely:

1. Was notice from the terminal carrier, the Erie Railroad, to the plaintiff, the consignor, of the fact that the goods would be, or were, stored in the public warehouse, where they were in fact stored on September 11, 1920, essential in order to terminate the contract of carriage?

The question must be answered in the negative.

The shipment being an interstate shipment, the liability upon the defendant (except as forwarder), if *222any exists, is…