Bills of Lading: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives, Sixty-fourth Congress, First Session, on S. 19, Relating to Bills of LadingU.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 - 352 pages |
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... claims. That is where our chief difficulty comes in. They take advantage of the notation " shipper's load and count " and claim they are not liable for the losses incurred. The CHAIRMAN. You do not think they ought to wait until the ...
... claims. That is where our chief difficulty comes in. They take advantage of the notation " shipper's load and count " and claim they are not liable for the losses incurred. The CHAIRMAN. You do not think they ought to wait until the ...
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... claims . That is where our chief difficulty comes in . They take advantage of the notation " shipper's load and count " and claim they are not liable for the losses incurred . The CHAIRMAN . You do not think they ought to wait until the ...
... claims . That is where our chief difficulty comes in . They take advantage of the notation " shipper's load and count " and claim they are not liable for the losses incurred . The CHAIRMAN . You do not think they ought to wait until the ...
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... claims with the railroad companies ? Mr. MEAD . You mean what proportion of the claims would be re- jected on account of that notation ? Mr. EscH . Yes ; and how many claims do you have ? What rela- tion do your claims bear to the total ...
... claims with the railroad companies ? Mr. MEAD . You mean what proportion of the claims would be re- jected on account of that notation ? Mr. EscH . Yes ; and how many claims do you have ? What rela- tion do your claims bear to the total ...
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... claim and then comes a letter from the railorad company saying that that car was loaded by shipper and contained the notation shipper's load and count , " and then they ask us to withdraw our claim . Mr. PARKER of New York . As a matter ...
... claim and then comes a letter from the railorad company saying that that car was loaded by shipper and contained the notation shipper's load and count , " and then they ask us to withdraw our claim . Mr. PARKER of New York . As a matter ...
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... claim in many instances of this kind , where there is a large orchard , where there is a large grain field where they thrash in the field and have an enormous amount of grain , a great many times they build spurs out to those places and ...
... claim in many instances of this kind , where there is a large orchard , where there is a large grain field where they thrash in the field and have an enormous amount of grain , a great many times they build spurs out to those places and ...
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Page 316 - Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 1, 196, 6 L. ed. 23, 70, where he said: "We are now arrived at the inquiry, What is this power? It is the power to regulate; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in Congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the Constitution.
Page 328 - It is mutually agreed, as to each carrier of all or any of said property over all or any portion of said route to destination, and as to each party at any time interested in all or any of said property, that every service to be performed hereunder shall be subject to all the conditions, whether printed or written, herein contained (including conditions on back hereof) and which are agreed to by the shipper and accepted for himself and his assigns.
Page 333 - Where the shipper of bulk freight installs and maintains adequate facilities for weighing such freight, and the same are available to the carrier, then the carrier, upon written request of such shipper and when given a reasonable opportunity so to...
Page 318 - The authority of Congress extends to every part of interstate commerce and to every instrumentality or agency by which it is carried on; and the full control by Congress of the subjects committed to its regulation is not to be denied or thwarted by the commingling of interstate and intrastate operations.
Page 330 - Claims for loss, damage, or delay must be made in writing to the carrier at the point of delivery or nt the point of origin within four months after delivery of the property, or in case of failure to make delivery, then within four months after a reasonable time for delivery has elapsed. Unless claims are so made the carrier shall not be liable.
Page 330 - ... determined by the classification or tariffs upon which the rate is based, in any of which events such lower value shall be the maximum amount to govern such computation, whether or not such loss or damage occurs from negligence.
Page 321 - This is not to say that Congress possesses the authority to regulate the internal commerce of a state, as such, but that it does possess the power to foster and protect interstate commerce, and to take all measures necessary or appropriate to that end, although intrastate transactions of interstate carriers may thereby be controlled.
Page 311 - It is unnecessary to repeat what has frequently been said by this court with respect to the complete and paramount character of the power confided to Congress to regulate commerce among the several States. It is of the essence of this power that, where it exists, it dominates.
Page 280 - Who has given value in good faith relying upon the description therein of the goods, for damages caused by the nonreceipt by the carrier or a connecting carrier of all or part of the goods or their failure to correspond with the description thereof in the bill at the time of its issue.
Page 329 - No carrier or party in possession of all or any of the property herein described shall be liable for any loss thereof or damage thereto or delay caused by the act of God, the public enemy, the authority of law, or the act or default of the shipper or owner, or for natural shrinkage.