United States Express Co. v. Cohn
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division ; Guy Fulk, Judge; The shipment involved in this case was an interstate shipment, moving under the provisions of the act of Congress.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division ; Guy Fulk, Judge; The shipment involved in this case was an interstate shipment, moving under the provisions of the act of Congress. The validity of the provisions in the receipt or hill of lading declaring the value of the shipment to be not exceeding $50 and limiting the liability of the express company to that amount, “unless a greater value is declared at the time of shipment,” is settled by the decisions of the United States Supreme Court. 226 U. S. .491; Id. 513. ' Former opinions of this court in conflict with the act of Congress and…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Appellee, who was the plaintiff below, was engaged in the retail millinery business in the city of Little Rock, Ark., and purchased certain merchandise in the city of Chicago, 111., which was received by appellant as a common carrier on October 30, 1911, for shipment and delivery to appellee in Little Rock, Ark. The goods cost and were of the value of $251.50 and were destroyed while in transit at a point near Hulbert; Ark., by train robbers on the 1st day of November, 1911, and none of the goods were ever delivered to appellee.
The defendant answered and admitted the loss of the goods, but…
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- Pennsylvania R. Co. v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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