Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. F. A. Piper Co.

FLY, Associate Justice.

— This is a suit instituted by appellee to recover $872.92, the market value of certain mohair delivered at different times in 1906, by appellee to appellant for transportation frond Uvalde, Texas, to Lowell, Massachusetts. Appellant pleaded a contract in which its liability was restricted to its own line. That portion of the answer was excepted to and stricken out as to all shipments made after August 29, 1906, because such a restriction was in violation of a law passed by Congress, which went into effect on that date, and which prohibited carriers from limiting their…