Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. Miller
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA. The facts, which involve the validity under the Car-mack Amendment of schedules of rates based upon value and the extent of the liability of the carrier on bills of lading, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA. The facts, which involve the validity under the Car-mack Amendment of schedules of rates based upon value and the extent of the liability of the carrier on bills of lading, are stated in the opinion. The Carmack Amendment to the Hepburn Act of June 29, 1906, does not abrogate the Iowa rule that the company can in no way limit its liability, but on the contrary incorporates that rule into the body, of the Federal l.aw so that the. Federal statute forbids the company in tins case to limit its liability. . The Iowa state court' has ■ held that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lurton
The question in this case, as in Adams Express Company v. Croninger, just decided, is whether the provisions of § 20 of the act of February 4, 1887, as amended, by the act of June 29, 1906, 34 Stat. 584, c. 3591, constitute an exclusive regulation of contracts for interstate shipments of property by railroad common carriers, superseding all state regulations upon the same subject.
The action in this case was to recover the full value-of a stallion shipped from a point in Iowa to a point'in Nebraska, under a valued live stock contract. The loss occurred in the State of - Nebraska through the…
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