Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Cramer
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA. The facts, which involve the construction of the' Car-mack Amendment to the Hepburn Act and its effect on state statutes, are stated in the opinion. The provisions of § 20 of the act of February 4, 1887, as amended by the act of June 29, 1906, constitute an exclusive regulation of contracts for interstate shipments by railroad common carriers, superseding all state regulations upon the same subject.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA. The facts, which involve the construction of the' Car-mack Amendment to the Hepburn Act and its effect on state statutes, are stated in the opinion. The provisions of § 20 of the act of February 4, 1887, as amended by the act of June 29, 1906, constitute an exclusive regulation of contracts for interstate shipments by railroad common carriers, superseding all state regulations upon the same subject. C., B. & Q. Ry. v. Miller, 226 U. S. 513; Adams Exp. Co. v. Croninger, 226 U. S. 491; C., St. P. &c. Ry. v. Latta, 226 U. S. 519. The liability…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamae
The plaintiff Cramer, sued the Railroad Company to recover $992 the amount of damage to a car-load of 60 hogs shipped from Galt, Iowa, to Chicago, Illinois. The Company defended on the ground that the plaintiff overloaded the car and placed therein such an excessive qukntity of hay as to overheat the animals, thereby damaging some and causing the death of others. It further contended that no agent of the Company had any knowledge as to the value of the hogs, except what was stated by the shipper, who represented that their value did not exceed $10 per head and thereby secured the benefit of…
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