Boston & Maine Railroad v. Hooker
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OP THE STATE OP MAS- . SACHUSETTS. The facts, which involve the construction of the Car-mack Amendment to the Hepburn Act and' the right of a comm on carrier which has filed schedules containing regulations as to passengers’ baggage to limit its liability for loss of such baggage caused by its own negligence to the extent and in the manner specified in the schedules, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OP THE STATE OP MAS- . SACHUSETTS. The facts, which involve the construction of the Car-mack Amendment to the Hepburn Act and' the right of a comm on carrier which has filed schedules containing regulations as to passengers’ baggage to limit its liability for loss of such baggage caused by its own negligence to the extent and in the manner specified in the schedules, are stated in the opinion. The carrier and its agents, having received possession of the goods,- were charged with the duty of delivering them or explaining why that had not been done. Galveston Ry.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
Katharine Hooker brought an action in the Superior Court of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, to recover from the Boston & Maine Railroad as a common carrier on account of the loss of certain baggage belonging to her, which had been transported by the defendant in interstate commerce from Boston, Massachusetts, to Sunapee Lake station, New Hampshire, on September 15, 1908. The plaintiff recovered a judgment for the value of the baggage lost with interest. The case was taken to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts upon exceptions of the defendant, and upon its rescript, returned to the *107Su…
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