Cohen v. United States Express Co.

*356The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mintuhn, J.

The plaintiff delivered to the defendant’s driver at the plaintiff’s store in Atlantic City a box containing handkerchiefs and other merchandise for shipment to Dawson, Pennsylvania, and the goods, it is conceded by the defendant, a common carrier, were lost in transit.

The only question at issue in the case, therefore, is whether the limitation of defendant’s liability to the sum of $50, contained in the printed bill of lading, is binding upon the plaintiff under the testimony.

The case was submitted to the jury by the trial court upon…