HOLMES v. NATIONAL VAN LINES, INC.

No. 35219.

55 Wn.2d 861 (1960)

350 P.2d 864

ALFRED F. HOLMES, Appellant, v. NATIONAL VAN LINES, INC., Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

April 7, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lycette, Diamond & Sylvester and John P. Lycette, Jr., for appellant.

Kellogg, Reaugh, Hart & Allison and George H. Hart & Dudley Panchot, for respondent.


HILL, J.

The issue, on this appeal, is the extent of a carrier's liability for articles lost in transit.

It is stipulated that certain articles included in a shipment of household goods — delivered by the plaintiff shipper to the defendant carrier at Cocoa Beach, Florida, and consigned to the shipper at Seattle, Washington — were lost in transit.

It is further stipulated that the value of the...

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