Monske v. American Railways Express Co.

Van Swearingen, P. J.,

— On June 18, 1920, the plaintiff, at Newark, N. J., shipped by way of the American Railways Express Company, a common carrier, certain goods to Palmer, Pa. The plaintiff never received his goods, and he brought this action to recover the value thereof. The property was shipped in two boxes, and consisted of clothing and household goods and a sewing-machine, all of which, as stated by the plaintiff at the time of shipment, was of a value of $260, on which expressage amounting to $2.44 was paid in advance.

The receipts for the shipments contained a clause to the effect…