Illinois Cent. R. v. Bauer

Citations

• 114 Miss. 516
• 75 So. 376

Syllabus

<p>1. Carriers. Live stock. Notice of claim. Validity.</p> <p>A provision of a railroad stock contract, requiring notice of loss or damage to live stock to be given certain specified railroad employees within ten days after the stock is removed from the cars, is valid as to interstate shipment.</p> <p>2. Carriers. Live stock. Notice of claim. Waiver.</p> <p>A provision in a railroad live stock shipping contract, requiring claims for loss or damage to be verified by affidavits and presented to certain specified railroad agents within ten days after the stock is removed from the cars, is waived where the shipper wrote defendant’s general claim agent regarding his claim within such ten days and the claim agent negotiated with the shipper in regard to such claim.</p>