Rawson v. . Holland

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The defendant was a common carrier of the goods in question, from the city of New York to Detroit, Michigan. It received them at New York "to be forwarded to Detroit only," and the express terms of the undertaking exclude any inference or implication that it was to carry them further. But Detroit was not the final destination of the property. The box was marked "Day Lathrop, Dryden, Michigan, via Ridgway," clearly indicating that Dryden was the ultimate…