Saunders v. Southern Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee. This was an action to recover damages for breach of a contract for the carriage of the Tim Murphy Theatrical Troupe, their baggage, scenery, stage properties, etc., from Atlanta, Ga., to Lexington, Ky., with the privilege of stopping over at Chattanooga and Knoxville. There was a plea of not guilty.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee. This was an action to recover damages for breach of a contract for the carriage of the Tim Murphy Theatrical Troupe, their baggage, scenery, stage properties, etc., from Atlanta, Ga., to Lexington, Ky., with the privilege of stopping over at Chattanooga and Knoxville. There was a plea of not guilty. The plaintiff was proprietor, and manager' of a traveling theatrical troupe, consisting in all of 14 persons. The troupe had been traveling in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, and from a point in…
1Opinion of the CourtBurton, Circuit Judge
1. It is well settled that a common carrier may contract for a reasonable limitation of its common-law liability for loss or damage to cither freight or baggage not resulting from its own negligence or that of its servants. New Jersey Nav. Co. v. Merchants’ Bank, 6 How. 344, 12 L. Ed. 465; York Co. v. Central Rd., 3 Wall. 107, 18 L. Ed. 170; Mich. Cent. Rd. v. Mfg. Co., 16 Wall. 318, 21 L. Ed. 297; Railroad Co. v. Lockwood, 17 Wall. 357, 21 L. Ed. 627; Express Co. v. Caldwell, 21 Wall. 264, 22 L. Ed. 556; Railroad Co. v. Pratt, 22 Wall. 123, 22 L. Ed. 827; Bank v. Adams Ex. Co., 93 U. S. 174,…
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