Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Carl
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP ARKANSAS. Action by the holder of a bill of lading issued by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway for two boxes and one barrel containing “household goods” received at Lawton, in what was then the Indian Territory, a station on the line-of the railway company, for transportation to Gentry, Arkansas, a station on the line of railway of plaintiff in error.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP ARKANSAS. Action by the holder of a bill of lading issued by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway for two boxes and one barrel containing “household goods” received at Lawton, in what was then the Indian Territory, a station on the line-of the railway company, for transportation to Gentry, Arkansas, a station on the line of railway of plaintiff in error. One of the boxes was never delivered, and the shipper sued to recover its value. The defense was that the. plaintiff had, in order to ob-lain the lower-óf .two freight rates, shipped the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lurton
The Supreme Court of the State declined to consider or pass upon any of the questions made in that coúrt for reversal except the single question as to whether the plaintiff in error, as the final carrier in the route, was entitled to the benefit of the stipulation in the release signed by the shipper,, releasing the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, the primary carrier, “and all other Railroad and Transportation Companies o.ver whose lines the above property may pass to destination, from any loss or damage the property may sustain in excess of five dollars per hundredweight.”
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