St. Sing v. American Railway Express Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Daniels, J., at September Term, 1921, of DuehaM. Civil action, tried on appeal from tbe justice’s court. The action is to recover damages for the value of a xoackage, to wit, a bicycle motor attachment, bought in St. Louis, Mo., and shipped with defendant to plaintiffs at Durham, N. C., under a uniform express receipt and contract of carriage, and which was never delivered to plaintiffs, the consignees.
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
There were facts in evidence tending to show that in February, 1920, 'William St. Sing, the father, ordered for his minor son and coplaintiff, Macon St. Sing, from H. R. Geer, St. Louis, Mo., .a bicycle motor attachment, sending the price, $40, per postoffice order1, that about the time the article should have been received (seven or eight days) plaintiff made inquiry for the package at the express office in Durham, and being informed that no such package was in hand, plaintiff commenced a correspondence with the vendor at St. Louis, and also took it up with the postoffice department,…
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