Legal Opinion
Foley v. American Railway Express Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 18, 1924No. Civ. No. 2795PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPlummer, J.
At 7 A. M. on the twenty-eighth day of July, 1920, the plaintiff, then the owner thereof, delivered to the defendant at Clovis, a station on a connecting line of the Southern Pacific a few miles from Fresno, car number 1156, loaded with 1,300 crates of fresh Thompson seedless grapes, at which time there was issued by the defendant and delivered to the plaintiff a certain document in the following words and figures, to wit:
“Express Receipt.......Uniform Express Receipt.
The company will not pay over $50, in case of loss, or 50 cents per pound, actual weight, for any shipment in excess of 100…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Olivit BrothersSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- American Fruit Distributors v. HinesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1921
- Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern Railroad v. MaddySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1923
3Cited by4 opinions
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