Aradalou v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract upon a bill of lading to recover the amount of $75 alleged to have been the value of household goods shipped over the defendant’s line of railroad from New Haven in the State of Connecticut to New Bedford in this Commonwealth, and lost in transit. Writ in the Third District Court of Bristol dated October 6, 1914. The defendant filed an offer of judgment, consenting to be defaulted and that judgment might be entered against it in the’ sum of $15 as damages.
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Contract upon a bill of lading to recover the amount of $75 alleged to have been the value of household goods shipped over the defendant’s line of railroad from New Haven in the State of Connecticut to New Bedford in this Commonwealth, and lost in transit. Writ in the Third District Court of Bristol dated October 6, 1914. The defendant filed an offer of judgment, consenting to be defaulted and that judgment might be entered against it in the’ sum of $15 as damages. On appeal to the Superior Court the case was tried before Lawton, J., without a jury. The evidence is described in the opinion.…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is an action to recover the value of household goods shipped in interstate commerce by virtue of a contract with the defendant over its line from New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, to New Bedford in this Commonwealth, and lost in transit. The actual value of the goods is conceded to be $75. The plaintiff is entitled to recover that sum unless prevented by *238an agreement with the defendant or by the terms of the interstate commerce act. The defendant contends that its liability is limited to $10 per hundred weight by virtue of an agreement contained in the so called “release clause,”…
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