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Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. Rankin

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 22, 1916No. 59PublishedCited by 195 opinions

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP . TENNESSEE. . The facts, which involve the construction of the Act to Regulate Commerce and the Carmack Amendment thereto, as applied to a shipment of cattle under a bill of lading containing stipulations for limited liability, are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds

Defendants in error, experienced shippers, on November 6, 1911, delivered to plaintiff railway at Danville, Kentucky, a car of mules, nineteen of which they owned, for transportation to Atlanta, Georgia. They signed and accepted a through bill of lading, the pertinent portions of which follow:

“Contract for Limited Liability in the Transportation of Live Stock at Reduced Rates."
“3. Limit of value. That this agreement is subject to. the following terms and conditions, which the said shipper accepts as just and reasonable, and which he admits having read and having had explained to him by the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Hart v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  3. Bank of United States v. DandridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
  4. Sun Printing and Publishing Assn. v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  5. Southern Railway Co. v. PrescottSupreme Court of the United States · 1916

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3Cited by195 opinions

  1. Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Elmore & StahlSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. KepnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. NothnagleSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  4. South Carolina v. BaileySupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  5. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. StarbirdSupreme Court of the United States · 1917

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