Harris v. Great Northern Railway Co.

Citations

• 48 Wash. 437
• 93 P. 908
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 890

Syllabus

<p>Carriers — Op Goods — Freight Rates — Limitations — Liability por Loss. A schedule oí published freight rates for household goods, specifying “carrier’s liability limited to $5 per hundred pounds in case of loss, so receipted for,” contemplates a limitation of liability only when receipt is actually issued; and where another rate was also specified, and nothing was said by the shipper on delivering the goods and no agreement made as to the rate or limitation, and no receipt issued, the carrier’s liability on loss of the goods is not limited (Fullerton, Mount, and Rudkin, JX, dissenting).</p>