Shaw v. Southern Railway Co.

1. A' stipulation in a contract of carriage that claims for loss or damage shall be made in writing to the agent at the point of delivery or at point’ of origin, within four months after the delivery of the property, may be waived by the carrier.(a) Where, within four months after the delivery, the shipper, or one authorized to do so for him, filed with the general freight agent of the delivering carrier (even'though he did not reside at the point of delivery), a written claim for loss or damage, and where the general freight agent made the claimant an offer on behalf of the carrier in…