American Railway Express Co. v. Levee

This is a suit brought by the respondent in a court of Louisiana to recover the actual value of a trunk and its contents, weighing one hundred pounds or less, delivered ■ ilto the petitioner for carriage from Madisonville, Texas, to. Thibodaux, Louisiana, but not delivered by the latter. The plaintiff’s petition set forth the receipt given by the Company, which was in the usual form approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission, and by which “ In consideration of the rate charged for carrying said property, which is dependent upon the value thereof and is based upon an agreed valuation of…