National Bureau of Engraving & Manuf'g Co. v. The New Orleans

The case shows that the damage to the libelant’s goods resulted from heat, but does not show how and where the heat origi-*45natod, nor who, if anybody, was in fault. The bill of lading stipulates that the carrier shall not be “liable for loss or damage from rats, leakage, rust, heat, breakage, or natural decay of goods,” etc. Bucli a stipulation on the part of a common carrier is lawful, and is binding on the shipper to the extent that thereby the carrier shall not be discharged from the consequences of his own neglect or misconduct. Jn fact, without such stipulation expressed in the bill of…