Zetler v. Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the Seventh Judicial District Court, Esmeralda County, Nevada; Theron Stevens, Judge. Action by Antone Zetler against the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff; defendant appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. The contract contained in the ticket is binding and valid. (Jacobs v. Central R. Co., 208 Pa. St. 535, 57 Atl. 982; Rose v. Northern Pac. Ry.
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Appeal from the Seventh Judicial District Court, Esmeralda County, Nevada; Theron Stevens, Judge. Action by Antone Zetler against the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff; defendant appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. The contract contained in the ticket is binding and valid. (Jacobs v. Central R. Co., 208 Pa. St. 535, 57 Atl. 982; Rose v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co., 88 Pac. 767; The Priscilla, 106 Fed. 739; Belger v. Dinsmore, 51- N. Y. 166, 10 Am. Rep. 575; Pacific Exp. Co. v. Foley, 26 Pac. 667; Michalitschke v. Wells, Fargo & Co., 50 Pac. 847;…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Talbot, J.:
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $783.95 for damages for the loss of baggage and from an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.
[1] The baggage was checked on a ticket which bore a number of written conditions, among which was the one: “It is agreed that the value of the baggage transported under this ticket shall not exceed one hundred dollars.” Under the contentions made it may be conceded for the purposes of this case that “it is competent for passenger carriers by specific regulations which are reasonable and not…
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- Railroad Co. v. LockwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Bank of Kentucky v. Adams Express Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Holmes v. North German Lloyd Steamship Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Saunders v. Southern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1904
- Williams v. Central RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
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- Zetler v. Tonopah & Goldfield RailroadNevada Supreme Court · 1914