Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Harriman
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. The facts, which involve the validity u,nder the Car-mack Amendment of .a contract for'interstate shipment of live stock and a provision therein fixing the valuation of the shipment in case of loss in consideration of a lower rate, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. The facts, which involve the validity u,nder the Car-mack Amendment of .a contract for'interstate shipment of live stock and a provision therein fixing the valuation of the shipment in case of loss in consideration of a lower rate, are stated in the opinion. Under the act to regulate commerce A carrier may fix its -rates with reference to its liability, or the time within which suit shall be brought, in case of loss or damage, increasing the rates where the liability is that fixed by common law…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice
Lurton delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action in a state court of Texas by a shipper of cattle, under a special live-stock transportation contract for a shipment from a point in Missouri to a point in Oklahoma, to recover the value of cattle killed by a negligent derailment occurring in the former State. The shipment consisted of four bulls and thirteen cows, claimed to’have been very valuable “show cattle.” They were all killed, and plaintiffs recovered their full value, $10,640,' and this judgment was affirmed by the court below.
As the transaction was an interstate…
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