Hutchison Grocery Co. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

On July 22, 1921, appellant, by a straight bill of lading, undertook to carry 520 cases of bottled near beer from St. Louis, Mo., to McLeansboro, 111., and there deliver the same to appellee. Upon arrival at destination, appellant’s agent delivered the beer to Sneed & Wilbanks on a supposition, not well founded, that they were the authorized agents of appellee. They unloaded the car on July 26 and placed the beer in their warehouse.

A few days later and after the car in which the beer had been carried had left McLeansboro, appellant’s agent learned that the delivery to Sneed & Wilbanks was not…