48 S.C. 421 | S.C. | 1897
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
In May, 1893, the plaintiff sent to the World’s Fair, at Chicago, for exhibition, two pictures, one known as “Spring” and the other as “Elopement,” both of which were embroidered in silk, and were executed in the year 1784, and also one sampler, which was worked in silk in the year 1808. These works of, art were duly exhibited at said World’s Fair in the city of Chicago, but at its close, on or about the 3d December, 1893, were returned by express to the plaintiff, at her home in Sumter, S. C. Adams Express Company received the package, which was then delivered to the defendant, the Southern Express Company, who safely transported the same to Sumter, S. C., on or about the 6th of December, 1893. The box containing the pictures was sent by the defendant, on its delivery wagon, to the boarding house in Sumter, S. C., of the plaintiff, but she was not present at the time, and the same was returned to the express office of the defendant. The plaintiff, learning that the box containing the pictures was in the hands of the defendant,, went to its place of business, and requested that the same be kept there for her, alleging as her excuse therefor, either that the charges for transportations, to wit: $1.65, were not convenient for her to pay
It is the judgment of this Court, that the judgment of the Circuit Court be affirmed.