Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. Schenck

This case comes to this Court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Marion County in a case wherein the defendant in error sued the plaintiff in error for damage alleged to have occurred to a shipment of household goods while in transit by the defendant as a common carrier.

There was enough evidence to warrant the jury in returning a verdict in favor of the plaintiff.

The damage recoverable by the plaintiff, however, was limited in this case by the contract in the form of a bill of lading. That contract fixed the weight of the goods at Two Thousand (2000) pounds and the value at ten cents…