Okin v. Sullivan

This is an action of contract against an ex-pressman for failure to deliver as agreed a bundle of coats transported for the plaintiff from Worcester to Boston. *36The answer is a general denial and an allegation that the contract for delivery was in the usual terms.

The trial court found that on May 11, 1939, the plaintiff delivered the bundle to the defendant’s agent in Worcester for shipment to Boston where the agent agreed it should be delivered on May 12th. It was not so delivered and the consignee notified the plaintiff and cancelled his order for the goods, which were seasonal. The…