Zang v. Railway Express Co.

Since an interstate shipment of property is involved in this case, Federal laws are controlling. Toledo & Ohio Central Ry. Co. v. S. J. Killer & Bros. Co., 97 Ohio St., 262, 119 N. E., 733; Adams Express Co. v. Croninger, 226 U. S., 491, 33 S. Ct., 148, 57 L. Ed., 314, 44 L. R. A. (N. S.), 257. Paragraph 11, Section 20, Title 49 of the United States Code has particular application. This paragraph in its original form was known as the “Carmack Amendment,” and fixes the duties, liabilities, etc., of common carriers, railroads and transportation companies as to interstate shipments of property…