Queen of the Pacific

Citations

• 180 U.S. 49
• 21 S. Ct. 278
• 45 L. Ed. 419
• 1901 U.S. LEXIS 1282

Syllabus

<p>A stipulation in a bill of lading that all claims against a steamship company, or any of the stockholders of the company, for damage to merchandise, must be presented-to the company within thirty days from the date of the bill'of lading, applies, though the suit be iwrem, against the steamship carrying the property covered by the bill of lading.</p> <p>In the view of the facts that the loss occurred the day after the bill of lading was signed, and the shippers were notified of such loss within three days thereafter, the stipulation was a reasonable one, and a failure to present the .claim within the time limited was held a bar to recovery against the company in personam or against the ship in rem.</p> <p>The reasonabléness of such notice depends upon the length of the voyage, the time at which the loss occurred, and all the other circumstances of the case.</p>