Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Miller

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Miller

Reversing.

• In December, 1911, the appellee was a passenger upon appellant’s train from Nashville, Tennessee, to Bowling Green, Kentucky. When she checked her trunk, appellant’s agent gave her a trunk check bearing this endorsement upon its back:

“It shall be the duty of every passenger tendering baggage for transportation to declare the value thereof without inquiry by the carrier or any agent or employee thereof. Unless a greater sum is declared by passenger according to the form prepared by checking carrier and charges paid for increased value at the time…