ADAMS EXPRESS CO. v. CRONINGER

No. 18.

226 U.S. 491 (1913)

ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY v. CRONINGER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued October 23, 1912.

Decided January 6, 1913.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lawrence Maxwell, with whom Mr. Joseph S. Graydon was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John Randolph Schindel, with whom Mr. Morison R. Waite was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE LURTON, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The answer relies upon the act of Congress of June 29, 1906, being an act to amend the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, as the only regulation applicable to an interstate shipment; and avers that the limitation of value, declared in its bill of lading, was valid and obligatory under that act. This defense was denied. This constitutes...

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