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NEW ORLEANS & N.E.R.R. CO. v. NAT. RICE CO.

No. 615.

234 U.S. 80 (1914)

34 S.Ct. 726

58 L.Ed. 1223

NEW ORLEANS & NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD CO. v. NATIONAL RICE MILLING CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 25, 1914.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Blanc Monroe, with whom Mr. John K. Graves and Mr. Monte M. Lemann were on the brief, for plaintiff in error:

Mr. W. Catesby Jones, with whom Mr. Gustave Lemle and Mr. Arthur A. Moreno were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action to recover the value of two cars of rice destroyed by fire in August, 1908, while being transported over connecting railroads from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Charleston, South Carolina. The rice was shipped upon through bills of lading issued by the initial carrier and was destroyed while in the second carrier's custody at Old Hamburg, South Carolina. The two cars, with others

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