Beaumont v. Pennsylvania Railroad

These cross-appeals involve the question of whether interstate railroads can by their tariffs limit their liability for *356loss of passenger baggage to passenger’s declared value thereof, and whether they may prohibit the inclusion of jewelry in passenger baggage and exempt themselves from liability for such carriage.

The stipulated facts are as follows: On May 19, 1945, at West Palm Beach, Florida, plaintiff by her agent checked through with defendant Florida Bast Coast Railway Company as the initial carrier nine trunks containing plaintiff’s property as baggage on four first-class passenger…