Indianapolis & Cincinnati Railroad v. Cox

This cause was submitted to the court below upon the following agreed statement of facts: The appellee purchased a ticket issued by appellant, as evidence of a right of passage from Indianapolis to Shelbyville, and his baggage was taken charge of by said company for delivery at that *361point, a check being given for the same, upon which was stamped, on one side thereof, these words: “In consideration of free carriage, its value is agreed to be limited to one hundred dollars,” and on the -reverse, “ I. & O. R. R., 583, Indianapolis and Shelbyville.” The appellee could have read the words and…