Legal Opinion
Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Porter
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 21, 1927No. 107PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Butler
October 21,1920, at Earle, Arkansas,-defendants in error delivered to plaintiff in error seventy-five bales of cotton for transportation to Liverpool, England. The carrier issued to the shippers an export bill of lading in two parts: the first covered the inland haul from Earle to Brunswick, Georgia, designated as port A, and the second covered the ocean carriage from Brunswick to Liverpool, designated as port B.- The inland route specified was over the lines of railroad of plaintiff in error, the Mobile and Ohio, and the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic. The inland rate for the railroads…
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