Erie Railroad v. Shuart

Citations

• 250 U.S. 465
• 39 S. Ct. 519
• 63 L. Ed. 1088
• 1919 U.S. LEXIS 1765

Syllabus

<p>In a contract governing an interstate shipment of live stock the carrier’s liability for negligent injury of the stock during transportation may lawfully be conditionéd' upon the presentation of a written claim by the shipper within five days from their removal from the cars. P. 467.</p> <p>■In view of the enlarged scope of “transportation,” as'defined by the Hepburn Act, an interstate movement of live stock is not ended when the car containing them is placed opposite a cattle chute of the carrier on a switch track at destination and left in charge of the shipper for unloading, when an adequate time for unloading them has not expired, although the shipper assumed the duty, risk and’expense of their unloading by the terms of the contract for transportation. ' Id. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. Co. v. Dettlebach, 239 U. S. 588.</p>