Davis v. Rodgers

This is an action instituted by Rodgers & Company, cotton factors, of the-city of Norfolk, to recover damages for the loss of five bales of cotton out of an interstate shipment of 170 bales deposited at Ay den, N. C., on November 7, 1919, by Turnage & Bros., to be forwarded to these factors at Norfolk.

For this shipment a bill of lading issued containing among other things the following stipulations:

“See. 3 * * * * * except where the loss, damage or injury complained of is due to delay or damage while being loaded or unloaded, or damaged in transit by carelessness or negligence, as conditions…