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BEAUMONT v. PENNSYLVANIA R. R. CO.

284 A.D. 354 (1954)

Helene M. Beaumont, Respondent-Appellant, v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company et al., Appellants-Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

June 21, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Compton of counsel (Robert T. Dawson with him on the brief; Rein, Mound & Cotton, attorneys), for respondent-appellant.

Edward F. Butler of counsel (Conboy, Hewitt, O'Brien & Boardman, attorneys), for appellants-respondents.

PECK, P. J., BREITEL, BASTOW and BOTEIN, JJ., concur.

COHN, J.

These cross-appeals involve the question of whether interstate railroads can by their tariffs limit their liability for loss of passenger baggage to passenger's declared value thereof, and whether they may prohibit the inclusion of jewelry in passenger baggage and exempt themselves from liability for such carriage.

The stipulated facts are as follows...

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