Hearings Before the Committee ...: March 6, 1908 on the Bills Relating to Claims Against RailroadsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1908 - 14 pages |
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ADAMSON admit answer and pay attorney attorney's fees BARTLETT bill of lading bring suit CHAIRMAN class legislation Colorado and Santa common carrier common law companies will answer company has replied company shall audit complying Congress course CUSHMAN damages debtors debts dillydallying District of Columbia evidence is lost evil fifth amend fool fourteenth amend gentlemen HUBBARD injury instances interstate commerce interstate-com interstate-commerce carrier interstate-commerce claim interstate-commerce shipment issue a receipt jurisdiction KENNEDY large claims lawyer MADISON MANN matter is fresh merce ninety days Notify the claimant number of bills pany payment penalize the railroad penalize the road plaintiff practice of delaying prompt reply propose proposition provision question railroad company reason to hesitate reasonable regulation receipt or bill reenact the common regard to interstate regulation of interstate regulation with regard remedy right to penalize Santa Fe shipper simply Territory thing transportation company trifling claims understand
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Page 9 - ... 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 or by any common carrier, railroad, or transportation company to which such property may be delivered or over whose line or lines such property may pass, and no contract, receipt, rule, or regulation shall exempt such common carrier, railroad, or transportation...
Page 9 - 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...
Page 9 - Provided, that nothing in this section shall deprive any holder of such receipt or bill of lading of any remedy or right of action which he has under existing law.
Page 9 - ... from one State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, to any other State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or from one place in a Territory to another place in the same Territory...
Page 11 - Well, gentlemen, I do not wish to take up any more of your time and thank you again for the honour you have done to me.
Page 9 - ... carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment, from one State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, to any State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or from any place in the United States to an adjacent foreign country, or from any place in the...
Page 11 - The CHAIRMAN. Let me ask you a question. In the State of...