Murchison v. Allied Van Lines, Inc.

COMPTON, Chief Justice.

This action deals with the loss of property in interstate shipment. The applicable statute is 49 U.S.C.A. § 20(11).

The shipper charges that the carrier negligently failed to deliver certain household furniture of the value of $1,065.00' intrusted to it in New Berlin, Wisconsin to be delivered to Albuquerque, New Mexico.- Issue was joined and, from a judgment awarding the shipper judgment based on 3.0 cents per pound of the goods not delivered by the carrier, he appeals.

Attached to the complaint and denominated Exhibit 1 is the shipper’s copy of a bill of lading dated…