Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Dixie Tobacco Co.

Citations

• 228 U.S. 593
• 33 S. Ct. 609
• 57 L. Ed. 980
• 1913 U.S. LEXIS 2401

Syllabus

<p>Under Atlantic Coast Line v. Riverside Mills, 219 U. S. 186, and Galveston, Harrisburg cfee. Ry. Co. v. Wallace, 223 U. S. 481, which sustained the Carmack Amendment, stipulations in a bill of lading for interstate shipment that no. carrier shall be liable for damages not occurring on its portion of the through route, are void; and the initial carrier is liable whether the through route connections are designated . by it or by the shipper.</p>