Legal Opinion
Paul Klopstock & Co. v. United Fruit Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 3, 1930No. 27289PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOverton, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment sustaining the prescription of two years, enacted by the Legislature of this state, by Act No. 223 of 1914, which reads, omitting the repealing clause, as follows:
“All actions by or against common carriers for the collection or recovery of erroneous freight charges, and all actions for loss of or damage to shipments o'f freight, shall be prescribed by two years, said prescription to run from the date of shipment.”
The suit is one sounding in damages for injury to freight. Pleas of prescription, under the act of 1914 and under a clause of the bill of lading,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Chattanooga Foundry & Pipe Works v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Campbell v. HaverhillSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Railroad Commission of Ohio v. Worthington, Receiver of Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Brown & Blackwood v. Ricou-Brewster Building Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1960
- Succession of SingerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
- Vilce v. Traveler Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1944
- Fogleman v. Interurban Transp. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
- Cook v. CrowLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1939
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