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AMERICAN RY. EXPRESS CO. v. DANIEL

No. 53.

269 U.S. 40 (1925)

AMERICAN RAILWAY EXPRESS COMPANY v. DANIEL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 26, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Blair Foster, with whom Messrs. H.S. Marx, Robert C. Alston and A.M. Hartung were on the brief, for petitioner.

No appearance for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit against the petitioning Express Company for the value of a parcel that was received by the Company for carriage but was not delivered. The Company admitted liability for fifty dollars but alleged that it could not be held for more, because the receipt that it gave fixed that sum as the value of the goods and a higher value would have required the payment of a higher rate. Under the ruling of the...

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