Arabian American Oil Co. v. Kirby & Kirby, Inc.

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

Plaintiff, Arabian American Oil Company, shipped 12 boxes of earthenware sinks from Trenton Potteries Company, in Trenton, New Jersey, to the warehouse of defendant E. A. Gallagher in Philadelphia oyer the motor freight lines of appellant, Kirby & Kirby, Inc., a common carrier. Earthenware is fragile and because these sinks ultimately were to be exported, the manu*25facturer at Trenton packed them in wooden cases instead of crates commonly used for domestic shipments. On arrival at the warehouse in Philadelphia an inspection disclosed that a number of the sinks were broken.…