Dawson v. East Carolina Railway

This action is to recover damages for tbe loss of one bale of cotton 'and for delay in ’shipping and delivering nine others.

On 22 November, 1919, J. T. Winstead, one of tbe plaintiffs, shipped to Holmes & Dawson at Norfolk, Ya., nine bales of cotton, delivering *60same to defendant, East Carolina Railway, at Macclesfield, N. C., and taking therefor a through bill of lading containing the following stipulation :

“Claims for loss, damage or delay must be made in writing to the carrier at the point of delivery or at the point of origin within four months after delivery of the property, or, in case…