Southern Express Co. v. Oliver

1. Where an action against an express company was based on an interstate shipment, the validity of the stipulation embraced in the receipt issued by the company, limiting to a period of one year the time within which action might be brought for loss, damage, or detention of th.e shipment, must be determined under the rulings made by the Federal courts. Under such rulings, the consignor is bound by such reasonable stipulations. Lynch v. Southern Express Co., 18 Ga. App. 761 (90 S. E. 655); Adams Express Co. v. Croninger, 226 U. S. 491 (33 Sup. Ct. 148, 57 L. ed. 314, 44 L. R. A. (N. S.) 257).…