Legal Opinion
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. NYE Schneider Fowler Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 13, 1922No. 24PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft
In this case, the constitutional validity of two statutes of Nebraska is questioned, the first subjecting the initial railroad of two connecting roads, receiving freight, to liability for safe delivery by the other, and the second making every common carrier liable for a reasonable attorney’s fee in the court of first instance and on appeal, for collection from it of every claim for damage or loss to property shipped, not adjusted within 60 days, for .intrastate shipments.
The Nye Schneider Fowler Company, defendant in error, is a corporation of Nebraska, at Fremont, Nebraska, engaged in the…
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