...case of loss or damage by the negligence of the carrier, the .contract will be upheld as a proivcr and lawful mode of securing a due proportion between...the carrier may be responsible and the freight he rcceixes, and of protecting himself again>t extravagant and fanciful valuations." In the opinion quoted,...

...even in cases of loss or damage by the negligence of the carrier, the contract will be upheld as a proper and lawful mode of securing a due proportion between the amount for which the earner may be responsible and the freight he receives, and of protecting himself against extravagant...

...valuation, even in case of loss or damage by the negligence of the carrier the contract will be upheld as a proper and lawful mode of securing a due proportion...protecting himself against extravagant and fanciful valuation." l MacAr. 124 ; Brehme v. Dinsmore, 25 5fd. 329; Railroad Co. v. Sherrod. 84 Ala. 178; Railroad...

...goods shipped, the receipt or contract, if fairly and voluntarily entered into, will be upheld as a proper and lawful mode of securing a due proportion between the amount tor which the carrier may be responsible and the freight he receives, when the loss or injury to the...

...valuation, even in case of loss or damage by the negligence of the carrier, the contract will be upheld as a proper and lawful mode of securing a due proportion...himself against extravagant and fanciful valuations: Hart v. Pennsylvania BB Co., 112 US 331; Hopldnt v. Westcolt, 6 Blatchf. 64; Muser v. Holland, 17 Blatchf....

...valuation, even in ana of loss or damage by the negligence of the carrier, the contract will be upheld as a proper and lawful mode of securing a due proportion between the amount for which the carrier may be responsiMe and the freight he receives, and of protecting himself against extravagant and fanciful...

...lawful mode of securing due proportion between the amount for which the currier may be responsibln and the freight he receives, and of protecting himself against extravagant and fanciful valuHtions." And, in the course of his opinion delivered in that ease, BLATCHFORD, J., says: "Thisqualification...

...valuation, even in case of loss or damage by the negligence of the carrier, the contract will be upheld as a proper and lawful mode of securing a due proportion...himself against extravagant and fanciful valuations." Taking the judgment in thaVcase as expressing the common law liability of carriers in the United States,...

...as a basis of the carrier's charges and responbility, is a just and reasonable mode of securmg the due proportion between the amount for which the carrier...responsible and the freight he receives, and of protecting him against extravagant mud fanciful valuations, and is, therefore, valid. John H. Mitchell, Tilden...

...being approximately the average values of ordinary domestic animals,) this was a just and reasonable mode of securing a due proportion between the amount for which the carrier becomes responsible and the freight which he receives, aad of protecting himself against extravagant...