Humphrey-Cornell Co. v. Director General of Railroads
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for the loss of goods shipped in interstate commerce, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New London County, Banks, Jfacts found and judgment rendered for the defendants, and appeal by the plaintiff.
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Action to recover damages for the loss of goods shipped in interstate commerce, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New London County, Banks, Jfacts found and judgment rendered for the defendants, and appeal by the plaintiff. The Harbauer Company of Toledo sold the shipment of catsup in question to the plaintiff, for delivery at New London, and a similar shipment to Saltman Brothers of Bridgeport, for delivery there, and on November 13th, 1916, loaded both shipments into a car provided by the Michigan Central railroad; that railroad delivered said car to the Toledo, St. Louis &…
1Opinion of the CourtGager, J.
It is conceded that the bill of lading under which the goods were shipped was the uniform bill of lading. This bill, so far as the condition in question is concerned, was in the form prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission in connection with the elaborate report of the Commission upon bills of lading. In re Bills of Lading, 52 I. C. C. Rep. 671, dated April 14th, 1919. Among the conditions is the same condition upon which this case- was decided in the trial court, and as set out in the statement of facts. The Commission, in this report, explicitly finds this condition to be just and…
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