Collins v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.

It is unquestionably true as a general rule that delivery of goods by the seller thereof to a common carrier for transportation to the buyer is prima facie a transfer of title, and such goods while in the carrier’s possession are presumed to be the property of the consignee; but if before delivery to the consignee the seller notifies the carrier not to deliver the goods the carrier’s duty then depends upon the actual facts as to whether the relation between the consignor and the consignee was such that delivery to the carrier constituted a transfer of title. 10 C. J., 228, sec. 317; Moore on…