Bassett v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the municipal court of Lang-lade county: T. W. Hogan, Judge. This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been suffered by a race horse belonging to him while in shipment from Ottawa, Illinois, to Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The complaint alleges in substance that at 6 p. m.
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Appeal from a judgment of the municipal court of Lang-lade county: T. W. Hogan, Judge. This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been suffered by a race horse belonging to him while in shipment from Ottawa, Illinois, to Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The complaint alleges in substance that at 6 p. m. August 14, 1917, a race horse, a mare, valued at $1,000, was delivered to and accepted by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ráilway Company at Ottawa, Illinois, for shipment via it and the defendant railroad to Manitowoc, Wisconsin; that the mare was in…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinions were filed December 3, 1918:
Siebecxcer, J.
The rights and liabilities of the parties to this action are governed by the act of Congress of June 29, 1906, regulating interstate commerce. By sec. 20 of this act (Carmack Amendment, 34 U. S. Stats. at Large, 584, ch. 3591) Congress has fixed the liability of carriers respecting loss and damage of interstate shipments. This legislation has been repeatedly declared by the federal supreme court to supersede state regulation on the subject and to provide a uniform system of regulation and rules fixing the liability of interstate…
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