Virginia & S. W. R. Co. v. Sutherland

Sutherland, the appellee, is a dealer in cattle. Desiring to ship a load of cattle to the eastern market, he delivered same to defendant company at Shoun, a station in Johnson county, and hilled them to “M. H. G-rube & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.,” and caused to be written on the face of the bill of lading by the company’s agent the words: “Off at Lancaster for feed and water.” In fact M. H. Grube & Co. were engaged in the cattle business at Lancaster, Pa., not Philadelphia. The shipper directed a delivery of the cattle to this firm at Lancaster, an intermediate point on the route, which was in…