Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Dettlebach
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH DISTRICT, STATE OF OHIO. The facts, which involve the responsibility of a carrier for goods under the applicable provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act, and the Carmack Amendment thereto, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
The court whose judgment we have here under review sustained a judgment rendered by an inferior state court in favor of Dettlebach and against the Railway Company for the market value of certain goods which, having been shipped in interstate commerce, were lost through the negligence of the Railway Company (the terminal carrier) while in its possession as warehouseman at the place of destination; overruling the contention that, because of a limitation of liability agreed upon by plaintiff’s agent in consideration of a reduced rate of freight and eontáined in the bill of lading that was issued…
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