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Carriers -Terminal And Carfloat Bridge - Whether "Terminal" Facilities Or "Interchange" Facilities
Carriers -Terminal And Carfloat Bridge - Whether "Terminal" Facilities Or "Interchange" Facilities
Michigan Law Review
The New York Central R. R. brought a suit in admiralty to recover damages to its carfloat No. 37 resulting from a collision occasioned solely by the negligence of the Long Island R. R.'s tug Talisman and those in charge of her. At the time of the collision the carfloat No. 37 was moored in a carfloat bridge of the Long Island's terminal at Long Island City where it had been received in connection with the transportation in interstate commerce of freight cars and freight. The New York Central had received a notice that the Long Island would not be …
Carriers - Liability Of Interstate Connecting Carriers Governed By Filed Tariff Or Through Bill Of Lading
Michigan Law Review
Goods were shipped from Maine to El Paso, Texas, on a through bill of lading which provided that the carrier in possession of the property described "shall be liable as at common law for any loss thereof or damage thereto." The goods were destroyed by fire, without negligence, while in the possession of the Galveston Wharf Company. This company owned, in addition to certain piers, railroad trackage from these piers to connections with the delivering carrier and other railroads running out of Galveston. Its filed tariff provided that it should be liable only for negligence. Held, the Wharf Company's …