Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. McLaughlin

Citations

• 242 U.S. 142
• 37 S. Ct. 40
• 61 L. Ed. 207
• 1916 U.S. LEXIS 1540

Syllabus

<p>A stipulation in a “uniform live stock contract” signed and accepted by both shipper and carrier to govern an interstate shipment, and declaring in effect that the carrier shall not be liable for loss or dam-' age unless' a claim therefor be made in writing; verified by affidavit, and delivered to a designated agent of the carrier at his office, in a place named, within five days of the removal of the stock from the cars, is on its face unobjectionable and, in the absence of any proof of circumstances tending to render it invalid or excuse a failure to comply with it, will be enforced.</p>