In what circumstances will a cartage agent be held liable for the loss of a trunk?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Edwards v. Schrader, 1942 CanLII 169 (SK QB):
In Benoleil v. Durocher (1897) 13 Que. S.C. 260 [Can. Abridgment, vol. 6, col. 894]: “Defendant, a local cartage agent, agreed with plaintiff to take a trunk from one station in a city to another station in the same city, and the plaintiff was to be at the latter station to receive the trunk. Defendant duly delivered the trunk to the second station, but the plaintiff was not there, so defendant left the trunk at the station and it was lost. Held, defendant had fulfilled his agreement and was not responsible * * *.”
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