|
|
Texas & Pacific Ry. Co. v. Leatherwood, 250 U.S. 478 (1919)
Contents:
Show Summary
Hide Summary
General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Texas & Pacific Ry. Co. v. Leatherwood, 250 U.S. 478 (1919)
Please note: this case begins in mid-page. It therefore shares a citation with the last page of the previous case. If you are attempting to follow a link to the last page of 250 U.S. 473, click here.
Texas & Pacific Railway Company v. Leatherwood No. 249 Submitted March 19, 1919 Decided June 9, 1919 250 U.S. 478
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS, SECOND SUPREME
JUDICIAL DISTRICT, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
Syllabus
Under the Carmack Amendment, connecting carriers, by requiring a shipper to sign new bills of lading for a shipment billed over their lines by the initial carrier, are not estopped to avail themselves of a provision of the original bill limiting the time for bringing actions for damages, (p. 481), where the new bills were not acquiesced in by the shipper. P. 483.
A stipulation in a bill of lading limiting to six months the time within which the shipper may sue for damages is not unreasonable, and, before the Act of March 4, 1915, c. 176, 38 Stat. 1196, was valid under the Carmack Amendment. P. 481.
Where matter clearly not required for a proper presentation of the questions submitted is incorporated into the transcript, the court may, under Rule 8, § 1, require that the whole of the clerk’s fees for supervising the printing and the cost of printing the record be borne by the offending party. P. 482.
Reversed.
The case is stated in the opinion.
Contents:
Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Texas & Pacific Ry. Co. v. Leatherwood, 250 U.S. 478 (1919) in 250 U.S. 478 250 U.S. 479. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ST9FP1W85A2EG6L.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Texas & Pacific Ry. Co. v. Leatherwood, 250 U.S. 478 (1919), in 250 U.S. 478, page 250 U.S. 479. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ST9FP1W85A2EG6L.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Texas & Pacific Ry. Co. v. Leatherwood, 250 U.S. 478 (1919). cited in 1919, 250 U.S. 478, pp.250 U.S. 479. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ST9FP1W85A2EG6L.
|