Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Southern Nursery Co.

The question for determination is whether or not the initial carrier of an interstate shipment of goods may recover from the shipper under a straight bill of lading a sum paid by it to the shipper under the Carmack and Cummins Amendments to the Acts of Congress regulating interstate carriers, for loss or damage to goods incurred while in the possession of the terminal carrier, when the terminal carrier has already made settlement with the consignee without the knowledge of the initial carrier. The complainant appeals from decree of the Chancellor awarding a recovery of $40.35, instead of…