Williams v. Coleman

1. In a limited sense the law may make a common, carrier an agent, so that delivery to the carrier will for some purposes be a delivery to the consignee; but in such case the carrier can not render the consignee liable to the consignor for a misdelivery of the goods.

2. The liability referred to in Bruhl v. Coleman, 113 Ga. 1102, was that arising from the “standing order,” and from the duty on the part of the consignee to return the jewels to the express company after they had been actually tendered to and rejected by him.

3. The evidence in this case as to the existence of a “standing order,”…