Pacific Coast Borax Co. v. Shippers Navigation Co.

The question for decision here is whether a shipper must sue the carrier first receiving property for interstate transportation, as he is permitted to do under the Carmack Amendment, which provides in substance that a common carrier receiving property for transportation in interstate commerce *199shall be liable to the lawful holder of its bill of lading for any loss, damage or injury to such property caused by it or by any common carrier to which such property may pass, or whether his right to suit against a connecting carrier, to which the initial carrier has delivered the goods, survives. The…