Legal Opinion
Adams Express Co. v. Darden
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 26, 1924No. 226PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The first Cummins Amendment (March 4, 1915, c. 176, 38 Stat. 1196, 1197) provides that a common carrier receiving property for transportation in interstate commerce “ shall issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor ”; shall be liable “ for the full actual loss, damage, or injury to such property [shipped] caused by it ”; that “ no contract, receipt, rule, regulation, or other limitation of any character whatsoever, shall exempt such common carrier . . . from the liability hereby imposed ”; and that such liability for the full actual loss…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- American Railway Express Co. v. LindenburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. RiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. McCaull-Dinsmore Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Adams Express Co. v. DardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1923
3Cited by16 opinions
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. NothnagleSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Watson Bros. Transp. Co., Inc. v. Feinberg Kosher Sausage CoCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1951
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. OsborneSupreme Court of Virginia · 1930
- China Fire Ins. Co. v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
- Neece v. Richmond Greyhound Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1957
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