Collins & Timberlake v. Union Transportation Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the' district court of Allegheny county. Charles Graeff and others, partners under the firm of the Union Transportation Company, against Collins & Timberlake. The following statement of facts was agreed to be considered in the nature of a special verdict. The plaintiffs are common carriers on the Pennsylvania canal and railroad between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh by canal boats and railroad cars, under the name of the Union Transportation Company.
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ERROR to the' district court of Allegheny county. Charles Graeff and others, partners under the firm of the Union Transportation Company, against Collins & Timberlake. The following statement of facts was agreed to be considered in the nature of a special verdict. The plaintiffs are common carriers on the Pennsylvania canal and railroad between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh by canal boats and railroad cars, under the name of the Union Transportation Company. The defendants are merchants, and reside in Lexington, Kentucky. Goods belonging to the defendants, purchased by them in Philadelphia or…
1Per curiam
The point before us has long been settled. It was fully discussed in Shepard v. De Bernales, 13 East 567, and ruled upon the authority of Penrose v. Wilkes, Abb. Law of Mercht. Ships 276; Tapley v. Martin, 8 Term Rep. 445, and Christy v. Rowe, 1 Taunt. 300, that the stipulation in a bill of lading, for delivery on payment of freight, is^introduced for the benefit of the consignor, or the party for whom the consignee is ‘agent, and the principle is carried out in the other cases'quoted by the plaintiffs below. What had they to do with transactions betwixt the defendants’ agent and his…
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