McConnell v. Payne

Plaintiff, Pearl McConnell, recovered judgment in the district court against defendant, Jno. Barton Payne, Agent, for $1,360.50, for loss of baggage in an intrastate carriage by a railroad. The Court of Civil Appeals reduced the judgment to $100, for the reason that the railroad, at the time of carriage of the baggage, was under federal control, and the following tariff was in effect:

“Rule 10. (a) Subject to limitations shown in rule 9 [immaterial to the question made by the record], 150 pounds of baggage,' not exceeding $100 in value, may be checked without additional charge for each adult…