Legal Opinion
Louisiana & Western Railroad v. Gardiner
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 21, 1927No. 120PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
After the record came here under writ of error the Railroad Company presented a petition for certiorari. The cause is reviewable by certiorari, and the application therefor is granted. The writ of error will be dismissed.
April 3, 1920, the petitioner received from respondent Gardiner at Crowley, Louisiana, various articles consigned to himself at Murray, Kentucky, and issued to him two bills of lading which contained this clause: “Suits for loss, damage or delay shall be instituted only within two years and one day after delivery of the property.” The goods were delivered at Murray in bad…
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