R. P. Hazzard Co. v. Maine Central Railroad
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. This is an action for the non-delivery of a portion of an interstate shipment of goods, under the provisions of the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act. By agreement of the parties after the testimony was closed, the case was reported to the Law Court for final determination on agreed facts and so much of the evidence as was legally admissible. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, C. J.
This action is for the non-delivery of a portion of an interstate shipment of goods, under the provisions of the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act, U. S. Comp. St. 1916, Volume 8, Section 8604a, the defendant being the initial carrier.
The facts, which are not in dispute, may be thus stated: On May 13, 1918, the plaintiff delivered to the defendant at Gardiner, Maine, twenty-five cases of shoes consigned to F. L. Moore & Co. of Boston, Massachusetts, forwarding agents, fourteen cases being intended for reshipment to the Beck Shoe Company of New York City, and being plainly…
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