Practitioners' Journal, Volumen32,Tema 5Association of Interstate Commerce Commission Practitioners., 1965 |
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Alternate Route applicant applicant's approval Atlantic Baltimore & O. R. bill of lading carrier's liability Chairman Chapter charges Chicago claims Class II railroads commercial zone Commission's commodity rate common carrier common law Company competitive Cont costs Court decision District Erie Railroad Co establish evidence exempt existing carriers extraordinary value found not shown freight grant of authority Hegeler Zinc Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission involved limited loss or damage Meets ment motor carriers motor common carriers National Trailer Convoy Ohio operations Penna points Post Office Box pound Practices Rev President Products proposed rates protestant Railroad Rates and Practices reasonable regulation released rates released value rates require Rights Bd Rights Rev rule Section ship shipments of extraordinary Southern Sub 9 supporting shippers tariff Texas tion traffic trans Transp transportation Truck Lines truckload valuation West Bros Zinc
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Página 403 - That any common carrier, railroad, or transportation company receiving property for transportation from a point in one State to a point in another State shall issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor and shall be liable to the lawful holder thereof for any loss, damage, or injury to such property caused by it...
Página 403 - States or within an adjacent foreign country when transported on a through bill of lading, and no contract, receipt, rule, regulation or other limitation of any character whatsoever, shall exempt such common carrier, railroad or transportation company from the liability hereby imposed...
Página 403 - Provided, however, That the provisions hereof respecting liability for full actual loss, damage, or injury, notwithstanding any limitation of liability or recovery or representation or agreement or release as to value, and declaring any such limitation to be unlawful and void, shall not apply...
Página 408 - SEC. 6. No carrier will carry or be liable in any way for any documents, specie, or for any articles of extraordinary value...
Página 403 - Commission to establish and maintain rates dependent upon the value declared in writing by the shipper, or agreed upon in writing as the released value of the property...
Página 420 - If the shipper is guilty of fraud or imposition, by misrepresenting the nature or value of the articles, he destroys his claim to indemnity, because he has attempted to deprive the carrier of the right to be compensated in proportion to the value of the articles and the consequent risk assumed, and what he has done has tended to lessen the vigilance the carrier would otherwise have bestowed.
Página 417 - We are of the opinion that in the case before us the removal of the waste and refuse from the alleys of the city in the city carts, the deposit thereof upon the dumping grounds near Porter's premises, and the supervision of such work and of the dump itself were of local or municipal concern, and that the officers and employees of the health department...
Página 409 - As a general rule, and in the absence of fraud or imposition, a common carrier is answerable for the loss of a package of goods though he is ignorant of its contents, and though its contents are ever so valuable, if he does not make a special acceptance. This is reasonable, because he can always guard himself by a special acceptance, or by insisting on being informed of the nature and value of the articles before receiving them.
Página 395 - And if it happens that a man commits a misdeed involuntarily, or unintentionally, the case is different from that of one who offends of his own free will...
Página 401 - The distinct ground of our decision in the case at bar is, that where a contract of the kind, signed by the shipper, is fairly made, agreeing on the valuation of the property carried, with the rate of freight based on the condition that the carrier assumes liability only to the extent of the agreed valuation, even in case of loss or damage by the negligence of the carrier, the contract will be upheld as a proper and lawful mode of securing a due proportion between the amount for which the carrier...