Hertz v. Adams Express Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 293, Oct. T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1908, No. 4,600, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Emil J. Hertz v. William M. Barrett, as President of the Adams Express Company, a Joint Stock Association. Trespass for loss of goods. Before Carr, P. J. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1,458.60. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned, were various instructions.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The assignments of error raise the question of the validity of a provision in a bill of lading for an interstate shipment by which the carrier’s liability is limited to an agreed valuation. This question, as affected by the decisions of the supreme court of the United States in Adams Express Company v. Croninger, 226 U. S. 491, and other decisions of that court following its lead, was considered in two recent decisions of this court: Dodge v. Adams Express Company, 54 Pa. Superior Ct. 422, and Wright v. Adams Express Company, 54 Pa. Superior Ct. 485. It is due to the learned trial…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Dodge v. Adams Express Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
- Wright v. Adams Express Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
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