Bills of Lading: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives, Sixty-fourth Congress, First Session, on S. 19, Relating to Bills of LadingU.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 - 352 páginas |
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... OMAHA , NEBR . The CHAIRMAN . Give your name , occupation , and address . Mr. SMITH . E. P. Smith , attorney at law , Omaha , Nebr . The CHAIRMAN . You may proceed in your own way . Mr. SMITH . Mr. Chairman , I had the pleasure of ...
... OMAHA , NEBR . The CHAIRMAN . Give your name , occupation , and address . Mr. SMITH . E. P. Smith , attorney at law , Omaha , Nebr . The CHAIRMAN . You may proceed in your own way . Mr. SMITH . Mr. Chairman , I had the pleasure of ...
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... Omaha to Washington and it is carried from Omaha to Chicago by the Burlington road and thence over the Baltimore & Ohio to Wash- ington ; if it is competent for Congress to say that the Burlington shall be liable for loss , damage ...
... Omaha to Washington and it is carried from Omaha to Chicago by the Burlington road and thence over the Baltimore & Ohio to Wash- ington ; if it is competent for Congress to say that the Burlington shall be liable for loss , damage ...
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... Omaha as a type which illustrates all of them . We handle in Omaha each year about 120,000 carloads of grain , 60,000 carloads in and 60,000 carloads out . On every car of grain that arrives in Omaha , the freight charges are assessed ...
... Omaha as a type which illustrates all of them . We handle in Omaha each year about 120,000 carloads of grain , 60,000 carloads in and 60,000 carloads out . On every car of grain that arrives in Omaha , the freight charges are assessed ...
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... Omaha Grain Exchange charges for that service on every out- going car 25 cents ; that is all , and that 25 cents collected for the weighing of these cars , together with the fees on cars received , pays all the expenses of the weighing ...
... Omaha Grain Exchange charges for that service on every out- going car 25 cents ; that is all , and that 25 cents collected for the weighing of these cars , together with the fees on cars received , pays all the expenses of the weighing ...
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... Omaha . It would not deal with those in the country . Now , I want to discuss the way things are done in the country . Every elevator that is too strong - 90 per cent of the country ele- vators are equipped with either hopper or ...
... Omaha . It would not deal with those in the country . Now , I want to discuss the way things are done in the country . Every elevator that is too strong - 90 per cent of the country ele- vators are equipped with either hopper or ...
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accommodation bills agent amendment argument asset currency authority bank bankers bill of lading bulk freight carload carrier liable certificate of deposit CHAIRMAN interposing claims clause Congress consignee Constitution CULLOP DECKER defrauded delivered DEWALT elevator employees ESCH expense fact fraud fraudulent HAIGHT HAMILTON held indorsed innocent purchaser INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN Interstate Commerce Commission intrastate issue a bill issue bills lading issued law merchant Liverpool load and count matter MEAD ment MONTAGUE negotiable O'SHAUNESSY objection ocean carrier Omaha order bill packages PARKER Pomerene bill pounds practice promissory note protect provision purchaser for value question railroad company RAYBURN reasonable receipt received rule scales section 21 Senate ship shipment shipper shipper's load shipper's weight SIMS SMITH STERLING stoppage in transitu straight bill Texas Texas Railroad Commission thing tion to-day transit transportation uniform bill WINSLOW York
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Página 316 - Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 1, 196, 6 L. ed. 23, 70, where he said: "We are now arrived at the inquiry, What is this power? It is the power to regulate; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in Congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the Constitution.
Página 328 - It is mutually agreed, as to each carrier of all or any of said property over all or any portion of said route to destination, and as to each party at any time interested in all or any of said property, that every service to be performed hereunder shall be subject to all the conditions, whether printed or written, herein contained (including conditions on back hereof) and which are agreed to by the shipper and accepted for himself and his assigns.
Página 333 - Where the shipper of bulk freight installs and maintains adequate facilities for weighing such freight, and the same are available to the carrier, then the carrier, upon written request of such shipper and when given a reasonable opportunity so to...
Página 318 - The authority of Congress extends to every part of interstate commerce and to every instrumentality or agency by which it is carried on; and the full control by Congress of the subjects committed to its regulation is not to be denied or thwarted by the commingling of interstate and intrastate operations.
Página 330 - Claims for loss, damage, or delay must be made in writing to the carrier at the point of delivery or nt the point of origin within four months after delivery of the property, or in case of failure to make delivery, then within four months after a reasonable time for delivery has elapsed. Unless claims are so made the carrier shall not be liable.
Página 330 - ... determined by the classification or tariffs upon which the rate is based, in any of which events such lower value shall be the maximum amount to govern such computation, whether or not such loss or damage occurs from negligence.
Página 321 - This is not to say that Congress possesses the authority to regulate the internal commerce of a state, as such, but that it does possess the power to foster and protect interstate commerce, and to take all measures necessary or appropriate to that end, although intrastate transactions of interstate carriers may thereby be controlled.
Página 311 - It is unnecessary to repeat what has frequently been said by this court with respect to the complete and paramount character of the power confided to Congress to regulate commerce among the several States. It is of the essence of this power that, where it exists, it dominates.
Página 280 - Who has given value in good faith relying upon the description therein of the goods, for damages caused by the nonreceipt by the carrier or a connecting carrier of all or part of the goods or their failure to correspond with the description thereof in the bill at the time of its issue.
Página 329 - No carrier or party in possession of all or any of the property herein described shall be liable for any loss thereof or damage thereto or delay caused by the act of God, the public enemy, the authority of law, or the act or default of the shipper or owner, or for natural shrinkage.