Araje v. Pennsylvania R.R. Co.

Cardozo, Ch. J.

Plaintiff, a passenger on the defendant’s railroad, checked, a trunk as baggage on an interstate journey. The trunk was lost or stolen. The defendant maintains that it is relieved of liability because the trunk should, have been transported not as baggage, but as freight.

Tariff schedules filed by the defendant pursuant to the statute define baggage for the purposes of the tariff as either “ personal ” or “ sample.” “ Personal baggage consists of wearing apparel, toilet articles and similar effects in actual use and necessary and appropriate for the wear, use, comfort and…