Haglin-Stahr Co. v. Montpelier & Wells River Railroad
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case, to recover for injuries to a granite monument, delivered under a bill of lading to defendant as initial carrier, to be shipped from Barre, Vermont, to Waseca, Minnesota. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1917, Washington County, Miles, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
The plaintiff is a partnership engaged in the granite business at Minneapolis. The defendant is a common carrier doing business under a Vermont charter in both intrastate and interstate transportation. At different times, the plaintiff delivered to the defendant two certain pieces of granite for shipment to itself at Waseca, Minn. These shipments were received and forwarded over various connecting railroads under through bills of lading, each of which contained the following conditions:
“No carrier or party in possession of any of the property herein described .shall be liable for any loss…
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