Secoulsky v. Oceanic Steam Navigation Co.

The jury having found that through the defendant’s negligence the plaintiff’s baggage was lost, the only question is whether the ruling as to the measure of damages was correct.

The prepaid certificate for a third class passage, purchased of the defendant in this Commonwealth by the plaintiff’s son, was transmitted to his father; but whether in making the purchase the son acted as the plaintiff’s agent, or whether the certificate *466was a gift, does not appear. The plaintiff, having exchanged the certificate for a third class ticket at Liverpool, sailed on the steamship; but his baggage was not…