Court Opinion

ID: 9751669
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 16:45:48.634034+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:30:53.326062
License: Public Domain

JONES, Chief Justice
(dissenting).
I dissent. The contract clearly and specifically lodges in the Post Inspector the right to reject any part of the shipment which he found unfit for human consumption, and makes his judgment final.
It is true that plaintiff was not notified of the rejection within a reasonable time. Such failure, however, did not improve the quality of the rejected eggs.
I would allow plaintiff to recover only such salvage value, if any, as it has shown or can show would have been available to it had notice of rejection been given within a reasonable time. If plaintiff fails to make the necessary proof of such value I would find for the defendant.