Brinson v. Norfolk Southern Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Justice; J., at February Term, 1914, of Beaueokt. Civil action on appeal from a justice’s court and tried on case agreed. The facts in tbe case agreed are as follows : “In this cause it is agreed that the following facts shall be found by the court, and that judgment shall be rendered thereon as the court may determine the law therefrom.
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Appeal by plaintiff from Justice; J., at February Term, 1914, of Beaueokt. Civil action on appeal from a justice’s court and tried on case agreed. The facts in tbe case agreed are as follows : “In this cause it is agreed that the following facts shall be found by the court, and that judgment shall be rendered thereon as the court may determine the law therefrom. “It is agreed and found as a fact that the plaintiffs delivered to the defendant on 26 January, 1914, seventeen crates of eggs, which were consigned to C. M. Bitten & Co., New York City; that the shipment was made from Belhaven, North…
1Opinion of the Court
ITokd, J.,
after stating the case; The amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act, passed by Congress 29 June, 1906, 34 St. at Large, 594, and commonly known as the Carmack amendment, has been several times' sustained as a constitutional and valid enactment (Adams Express Co. v. Croninger, 226 U. S., 491; Atlantic Coast Line Ry. v. Riverside Mills, 219 U. S., 186, etc.), and in these and other decisions construing the law it has been held that, in case of interstate shipments coming within its terms, the initial carrier is made responsible for any “loss, damage, or injury to the goods carried by…
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