Sapinkopf v. Cunard Steamship Co.

The bill of lading of a common carrier by water, considered in South & Central American Commercial Co. v. Panama R. R. Co. (237 N. Y. 287), provided that, in case of a loss occurring through shipment, a notice of claim must be given within sixty days after knowledge of the loss was acquired, and that action must be brought within sixty days thereafter. This court held that bills of lading, whether those of carriers by land or of carriers by water, must be just and reasonable; that, in determining the question of the reasonability of a provision limiting liability in the case of all water…