Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1909

Whaley v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.

Whaley v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina · Decided November 9, 1909 · PIydrick
65 S.E. 1022; 84 S.C. 189; 1909 S.C. LEXIS 236 (South Eastern Reporter)

Whaley v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.

Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice PIydrick.

A consignee has no cause of action against a carrier for failure to deliver goods consigned for sale by him as agent of the consignor, the title being in the consignor. Parker v. Jacobs, 14 S. C., 112; Hill v. R. R. Co., 43 S. C., 461, 22 S. E., 337; Matheson v. Ry., 79 S. C., 155, 60 S. E., 437.

Judgment affirmed.

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