Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Lynne
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Morgan Circuit, Court. Heard before Hon. D. W, SPEAKE. Action by W. E. Lynne against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Transferred from the Court of Appeals under section 6, Acts of 1911, p. 449. The plaintiff shipped 20 cases of dry goods from New York City to himself as consignee at Hartselle, Ala.
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Appeal from Morgan Circuit, Court. Heard before Hon. D. W, SPEAKE. Action by W. E. Lynne against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Transferred from the Court of Appeals under section 6, Acts of 1911, p. 449. The plaintiff shipped 20 cases of dry goods from New York City to himself as consignee at Hartselle, Ala. The initial carrier was a steamship line which delivered the goods to the Southern Railway Company at Charleston, S. C., and it in turn delivered the shipment to defendant in a sealed car at Montgomery. From this point the…
1Opinion of the Court
SOMERVILLE, J.(1) The act of Congress known as the Carmack Amendment of the act of June 29, 1906 (Fed. St. Ann. Supp. 1909, pp. 273, 274), although it prescribes and extends the liability of initial carriers of interstate shipments, does not abrogate nor in any way impair the separate liability of terminal or delivering carriers for losses occurring on their own lines, as fixed by the statutes or decisions of the several states. That act makes the initial carrier responsible for the safe delivery of shipments over connecting lines, no matter where the,loss may occur, but it certainly does not…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Southern Express Co. v. SaksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
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