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NEW YORK, N. H. & H. R. CO. v. NOTHNAGLE.

No. 525.

346 U.S. 128 (1953)

73 S.Ct. 986

97 L.Ed. 1500

NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD CO. v. NOTHNAGLE ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 8, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. O'Sullivan argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Edwin H. Hall.

John A. Danaher argued the cause and filed a brief for Mrs. George Nothnagle, respondent.

Edward M. Reidy filed a brief for the Interstate Commerce Commission, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case concerns the extent of an interstate carrier's liability for a passenger's baggage loss. On October 5, 1949, Mrs. Nothnagle, respondent here, purchased a railway ticket from petitioner in Meriden, Connecticut, for a journey to Fall River, Massachusetts, via New Haven, Connecticut. She boarded a train in Meriden at 11:19 a. m. and arrived shortly after 11:30 a. m. in New Haven where she alighted for transfer...

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