Case Name: Charles Gurwitz, Respondent, v. Levi C. Weir, as President of Adams Express Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1908-06-29
Citations: 127 A.D. 352
Docket Number: 
Parties: Charles Gurwitz, Respondent, v. Levi C. Weir, as President of Adams Express Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 127
Pages: 352–352

Head Matter:
Charles Gurwitz, Respondent, v. Levi C. Weir, as President of Adams Express Company, Appellant.
Second Department,
June 29, 1908.
Carrier — loss of goods — parties plaintiff.’
One who receives goods for inspection and returns them as unsuitable is not entitled to maintain an action against the carrier for their loss.
Appeal by the defendant, Levi C. Weir, as president, etc., from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of Hew York in favor of the plaintiff.
Frank Callahan, for the appellant.
Joseph V. Flynn, for the respondent..

Opinion:
Gaynor, J.:
The plaintiff has recovered a judgment for $167.50 for goods shipped by him by the defendant express company and lost by it. It is enough that the plaintiff did not own the goods. . He received them by express for inspection and to be returned to the sender within five days if they did not suit him, and he returned them by the defendant.. The person to bring the suit is the owner (Sweet v. Barney, 23 N. Y. 335; Krulder v. Ellison, 47 id. 36).
The judgment must be reversed.
Woodward, Jenks, Hooker and Rich, JJ., concurred.
Judgment and order of the Municipal Court reversed and new trial ordered; costs to abide the event.