Legal Opinion
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Montgomery & Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 22, 1916No. 7658PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Action for damages; from municipal court of Atlanta. June 33, 1916.
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, J.
While in a suit for damage to an interstate shipment handled by more than one carrier, the provisions of what is known as the “Carmack amendment” (Act of June 29, 1906, 34 Stat. 593, c. 3591) to the act of Congress known as the “Hepburn act” (the act of February 4,1887, 24 Stat. 379, c. 104, H. S. Comp. St. 1913, § 8592, pars. 11, 12) do not require that the suit shall in all cases be brought against the initial carrier (Georgia, Florida & Alabama Ry. Co. v. Blish Milling Co., 241 U. S. 190, 36 Sup. Ct. 541, 60 L. ed. 948; Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. Waxelbaum Produce Co., 18 Ga. App. 489,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway Co. v. Blish Milling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Parker-Bell Lumber Co. v. Great Northern Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1912
- Myers v. Norfolk Southern RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1916
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Waxelbaum Produce Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
3Cited by10 opinions
- Reider v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Rice v. Oregon Short Line RailroadIdaho Supreme Court · 1921
- Clark v. Louisville N. R. R. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1927
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. CouncilSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
- Southern Produce Co. v. Norfolk Southern RailroadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1926
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