Tait  &  Co. ,"  and  sent  it  to  the  defendants  by  a  carter,  to  whom  the
goods  were  delivered.  It  was  held  that  the  defendants  were  not
liable,  upon  the  ground  that  no  negligence  was  shown,  and  that,
having  delivered  the  goods  according  to  the  directions  of  the  plain-
tiff, they  had  performed  their  duty;  and  the  fact  that  they  delivered
to  some  person  to  whom  the  plaintiff  did  not  intend  delivery  to  be
made,  was  not  sufficient  to  make  them  liable  for  a  conversion.  See
Heugh  V.  London  &  North  Western  Railroad,  L.  E,.  o  Ex.  51;
Clough  V.  London  &  North  Western  Railroad,  L.  R.  7  Ex.  2G.
The  cases  of  Winslow  v.  Vermont  &  Massachusetts  Railroad,  42
Vt.  700,  American  Express  Co.  v.  Fletcher,  25  Ind.  492,  and  Price
V.  Oswego  &  Syracuse  Railway,  50  N.  Y.  213  [346],  differ  widely  in
their  facts  from  the  case  at  bar,  and  are  distinguishable  from  it.
Upon  the  facts  of  this  case,  we  are  of  opinion  that  the  defendant
is  not  liable,  in  the  absence  of  any  proof  of  negligence ;  and  there-
fore that  the  rulings  at  the  trial  were  sufficiently  favorable  to  the
plaintiff.^

Exceptions  overruled.
