Byers v. . Express Co.

BROWN, J., dissenting; WALKER, J., concurring in dissenting opinion. The plaintiff's wife died at Hickory Grove, S.C., while on a visit to her mother, and plaintiff, who lived in Asheville, purchased there a casket, robe, gloves, hose, and other articles suitable for her burial, and shipped them by the defendant to Hickory Grove, notifying the express agent that these articles were to be used in the burial of his wife, the following morning. The agent promised to ship the casket and other articles on the first train, and guaranteed that they would be delivered that night or early the next…