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REID v. AM. EXP. CO.

No. 279.

241 U.S. 544 (1916)

REID v. FARGO, AS PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 12, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Oscar R. Houston, with whom Mr. Howard S. Harrington was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Walter F. Taylor for Fargo, President.

Mr. Roscoe H. Hupper, with whom Mr. Norman B. Beecher was on the brief, for International Marine Co.

Mr. Livingston Platt, with whom Mr. Frank H. Platt was on the brief, for T. Hogan & Sons.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

This controversy thus arose: In December, 1910, Reid, the petitioner, delivered in London to the American Express Company an automobile to be carried to New York. The Express Company, in a communication concerning the shipment, was informed that the car was worth about $3,900. The car was boxed by the Express Company and by it delivered to the Minnewaska, a steamship belonging to the International Mercantile...

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