The limitation as to value has no tendency to exempt from liability for negligence. It does not induce want of care. It exacts from the carrier the measure of care due to the value agreed on. The carrier is bound to respond in that value for negligence.... The Central Law Journal - Page 1641801Full view - About this book
| 1885 - 544 pages
...asked the value of the horses, and had been told by the plaintiff the sum inserted in the contract. The limitation as to value has no tendency to exempt...the value agreed on. The carrier is bound to respond iu that value for negligence. The compensation for carriage is based on that value. The shipper is... | |
| 1885 - 1232 pages
...asked the value of the horses, and had been told by the plaintiff the sum inserted in the contract. The limitation as to value has no tendency to exempt from liability for negrt ligence. It does not induce want of care. It exacts from the carrier the * measure of care due... | |
| 1891 - 1132 pages
...of public policy. In Hart v. Railroad Co., 112 US 331, 340, 341, 5 Sup. Ct. Rep. 151, the court say: "The limitation as to value has no tendency to exempt...negligence. The compensation for carriage is based on that value. The shipper is estopped from saying that the value is greater. The articles have no... | |
| 1909 - 1164 pages
...performance of his duties. But a stipulation as to the value of the goods to be shipped has no such tendency. It exacts from the carrier the measure of care due to the value agreed on, and is, we think, a proper and lawful mode of securing a due proportion between the amount for which... | |
| 1896 - 1222 pages
...ship five horses, whose value, by agreement, was fixed at not exceeding $200 each. The court said: "The limitation as to value has no tendency to exempt...negligence. The compensation for carriage Is based on that value. The shipper is estopped from saying that the value is greater. The articles have no... | |
| 1888 - 1048 pages
...been told by the plaintiff the sum inserted in the contract. The limitation as to value has notendency to exempt from liability for negligence. It does not...in that value for negligence. The compensation for carnage is based on that value. The shipper is estopped from saying that the value is greater. The... | |
| 1888 - 1050 pages
...been told by the plaintiff the sum inserted in the contract. The limitation as to value has notendency to exempt from liability for negligence. It does not...negligence. The compensation for carriage is based on that value. The shipper is estopped from saying that the value is greater. The articles have no... | |
| Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1888 - 642 pages
...asked the value of the horses, and had been told by the plaintiff the sum inserted in the contract. " The limitation as to value has no tendency to exempt...care due to the value agreed on. The carrier is bound t» respond in that value for negligence. The compensation for caraiage is based on that value. The... | |
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