W. H. Aton Piano Co. v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Sauk county: E. Ray SteveNs, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover for damage to a carload of pianos wbicb were injured in transit from Milwaukee to Harvard, Illinois.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Sauk county: E. Ray SteveNs, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover for damage to a carload of pianos wbicb were injured in transit from Milwaukee to Harvard, Illinois. Tbe pianos were bought by tbe plaintiff of tbe Waltham Piano Company of Milwaukee, and were loaded on tbe car and delivered by tbe last-named company to tbe defendant company October 26, 1911. Tbe car was transported by tbe defendant from one of its freight yards, called tbe G-ibson yard, situated just north of the city limits of tbe city of Milwaukee, about fifteen miles to…
1Opinion of the Court
WiNslow, 0. J.
The trial judge directed judgment for the plaintiff because he considered that the undisputed evidence made the defendant an initial carrier of an interstate shipment of freight within the so-called Carmack amendment to the interstate commerce act. This amendment, passed June 29, 1906 (34 U. S. Stats, at Large, 595, ch. 3591), reads as follows:
“That any common carrier, railroad, or transportation company receiving property for transportation from a point in one state to a point in another state shall issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor and shall be liable to the lawful *159bol…
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