Vincent & Hayne v. Yazoo & M. V. R.

Citations

• 114 La. 1021
• 38 So. 816
• 1905 La. LEXIS 583

Syllabus

<p>CARRIERS — EREIGHT IN SEALED CARS — CONNECTING CARRIERS — LIABILITY EOR INJURY.</p> <p>1. A railroad company which receives, as a connecting carrier, outside of this state, cotton in bales, shipped in sealed cars which were in good condition, under through contracts to which it was no party, and which hauls sucli cars unopened, and in like good condition, to their place of destination, and there delivers the cotton to the consignee, cannot be held liable for the wet and dirty condition of such cotton outside and inside the bales when so; delivered.</p> <p>2. Act No. 93 of 1888 in terms exempts from its provisions “freight received, in sealed cars, from roads outside of this state,” and the exemption is none the less applicable because the delivering and receiving carriers operate within as well as without this state.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>