Benson v. Davis

This is an action to recover from the initial carrier, damages for the loss of a part of a shipment of household goods which were delivered to the Chicago & North Western Railway Company at Walnut Grove, Minnesota, on January 20, 1920, for transportation by freight to a consignee at Winnipeg. The shipment was made under an order bill of lading, one of the conditions of which is this: “Except where the loss, damage, or injury complained of is due to delay or damage while being loaded or unloaded, or damage in transit by carelessness or negligence, as conditions precedent to recovery, claims…