PARAMOUNT DRESS CO. v. KIRBY & KIRBY, INC.


167 Pa.Super. 524 (1950)

Paramount Dress Company v. Kirby & Kirby, Inc., Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

November 14, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn L. Detweiler, with him Swartz, Campbell & Henry, for appellant.

Thomas R. White, Jr., for appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, RENO, DITHRICH, ROSS and ARNOLD, JJ. (GUNTHER, J., absent).


OPINION BY DITHRICH, J., November 14, 1950:

The question presented by this appeal is whether defendant-appellant, a common carrier, effectively limited its liability for the loss in transit of certain goods delivered to it by plaintiff-appellee for shipment in interstate commerce.

Defendant received from plaintiff in Philadelphia six separate shipments of rayon silk dresses to be forwarded to various consignees in New York. Defendant had filed a rate schedule...

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