Legal Opinion
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Nothnagle
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 8, 1953No. 525PublishedCited by 209 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mu. Justice Clark
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case concerns the extent of an interstate carrier’s liability for a passenger’s baggage loss. On October 5, 1949, Mrs. Nothnagle, respondent here, purchased a railway ticket from petitioner in Meriden, Connecticut, for a journey to Fall River, Massachusetts, via New Haven, Connecticut. She boarded a train in Meriden at 11:19 a. m. and arrived shortly after 11:30 a. m. in New Haven where she alighted for transfer to another train. On the station platform her suitcase was solicited by a redcap employee of petitioner, and she handed it to…
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