American Railway Express Co. v. Bailey

The opinion of the court appears in the .headnotes.

I can not agree to the conclusion reached by the majority of the court. Where by the act of the parties there is a bona fide valuation of the package shipped, or where the contents of such package are unknown to the carrier and the valuation thereof is declared by the shipper’s agent, who delivers the same for the shipper to the carrier for transporation, and who signs the shipper’s name to the receipt of the carrier for the package, in which the shipper declares the value of the package, and on the valuation so placed by the shipper on the…