Federal Liabilities of Carriers: A Treatise Upon the Duties and Liabilities of Common Carriers by Railroads Under All Federal Laws, with an Appendix Containing a Copy of the Federal Statutes Affecting Railroads, and the General Orders of the Director General of Railroads Under the Federal Control Act of 1918, Volume 2

Maurice G. Roberts

Callaghan & Company, 1918 - Carriers

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VOLUME I	1059

CHAPTER IV	1061

Origin and General Scope of the Federal Bill of Lading	1062

Georgia BlowPost Law Invalid Being a Direct Burden	1063

Illustrative Violation of Failure to Maintain Secure Running	1064

Illustrative Cases in which Car and Engine Repairers were	1071

Railroad Companies Incorporated in Foreign Countries	1076

Policy of Congress in Adoption of That Part of Panama	1081

Appendix L	1669

Appendix	1674

Rebating Part of Freight Rates in Payment for Land	1696

Findings of Fact Required When Commission Awards Dam	1754

Early Judicial Construction of the Commerce ClauseGib	1804

Status of Logging Roads as Interstate Carriersthe	1839

Transportation from one State to Another an Essential Ele	1851

Origin and History of Sections Two and Three of the Inter	1855

Terms Railroad and Transportation Defined by Stat	1097

Existence of Undue Preference or Unjust Discrimination	1106

Compensation for Transit Privileges Not Limited to Actual	1114

CHAPTER VII	1131

CHAPTER XXXIII	1137

Scope of Act and Powers of Commission Greatly Extended	1139

Suits for Damages Recoverable Under Section 8 Cannot	1145

Formal Claims for Reparation Based upon Findings of Com	1158

State Statutes for Safety of Employes not Included	1161

UNJUST DISCRIMINATIONS AND UNLAWFUL PREFERENCES	1162

CHAPTER XXXV	1170

Plaintiffs Petition Must Plead Facts Showing That Injury	1179

Bridge Workers and Carpenters Employed in Interstate	1183

Unlawful Discriminations and Preferences Between Ship	1190

Burden of Proving Assumption of Risk upon Defendant	1210

CHAPTER XXXVII	1219

When Reshipment from Point of Delivery Does not Change	1223

Employes Procuring Supplies and Materials to be Used	1224

CHAPTER XXXVIII	1227

Power of Administrator to Settle Claims under Federal	1247

FEDERAL SAFETY APPLIANCE	1251

Cases in Which Interstate Employes were Held to have	1253

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSIONITS NATURE	1259

CHAPTER XXIX	1264

THE ACT TO REGULATE COMMERCE AS ORIGINALLY ENACTED	1265

Futile Attempts of the States to Regulate Charges for Inter	1283

Distinction Between Wholesale Rates in Passenger	1293

CHAPTER XIII	1306

Effect of the Decision in Wabash St L P Ry Co v Illi	1310

Linemen Repairing Telegraph and Telephone Lines of Inter	1311

CHAPTER XXV	1328

The Statutory Provision	1339

CHAPTER XLV	1363

Purpose of Congress in Empowering Commission to Prescribe	1375

CHAPTER XLVII	1385

CHAPTER XLVIII	1400

Contributory Negligence Defined	1404

CHAPTER XLIX	1416

CHAPTER L	1425

CHAPTER LI	1431

THE COMMERCE CLAUSE OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION	1438

When Temporary Stoppage or Interruption Changes Inter	1469

Burden of Proving Excessive Service to be Within Statutory	1486

CHAPTER LII	1487

Illustrative Cases Wherein the Foregoing Rule was Applied	1491

Purpose of Congress in the Passage of the Provisions	1494

Status of Employes Dumping Coal from Chutes into Tenders	1500

FEDERAL ASH PAN	1502

Ancient Common Law and Modern Exceptions to Liabilities	1504

Adamson Act a Valid Exercise of the Power of Congress	1509

Appendix	1513

Defense of Estoppel to Actions Against Shippers for Under	1514

Duty of Commission When Classification is Used to Effect	1516

Strict Uniformity Not Always Required	1518

Introductory	1524

Extension of Transit Privilege Over Twelve Months	1531

Term Lawful Holder of Bill of Lading not Limited	1532

Amendments of 1906 and 1917 Increasing Membership	1535

Measure of Damages for Unreasonable Rates and Unlawful	1549

Discriminations and Preferences in the Classification	1551

Preferential Rates to Other Carriers as Shippers Prohibited	1553

Appendix D	1566

Transportation Wholly Within One State Not Under Fed	1567

Appendix	1575

Damages Growing out of Inadequate Service or Facilities	1578

Relation Between Carload and Less Than Carload Rates	1583

Applications to Carriers Under Fourth Section	1584

What the Schedules of Rates Fares and Charges Filed with	1585

Allowances for Lighterage Services to Shipper Within Free	1590

Requirements of the Rules at to Answers Filed Before Com	1598

Appendix I	1633

Transit Privileges Part of Transportation Under Control	1640

Regulation of Grain Elevation Service Under Federal Con	1654

Demurrage Charges on Interstate Shipments Must be Filed	1857

Initial Carrier Liable for Loss and Damage on Lines of Con	1863

Interstate Employment of Train Crews on Return Trip	1864

Removing Bolts from Timbers after Having Been Taken	1867

Application of Carload Rates to Carload Lots when Goods	1870

Federal Regulation to be Valid Must Have Real or Substan	1872

Nature of Carriers Liability as Warehouseman	1873

Loading Dunnage and Special Preparation of Freight Cars	1874

When Congressional Power may be Validly Exercised over	1879

Difference in Rates on Freight Not Justified by Different	1885

Report of Cullom Committee to Congress and Bill Recom	1886

Amendments Authorizing Commission to Prescribe Through	1888

States May Compel Carriers to Make and Maintain Track	1892

Courts Bound by Published Rates and Charges Until	1893

Commission not Authorized Under Original Act of 1887	1894

Apportionment of Damages under Federal Act Different from	1895

In Actions to Collect Scheduled Rates Counterclaims	1896

Complaints for Damages before Commission must be Filed	1897

Purpose and Object of Congress in the Enactment of Sec	1902

Status of Watchmen Detectives and other Employes doing	1905

Independent Express Companies Included by Hepburn	1906

Different Uses to which Commodity is Put No Justification	1907

DISCRIMINATIONS BETWEEN SHIPPERS AS TO RATES SERV	1908

Amendments and Additions to the Statute by the Mann	1910

Agents of Express Companies	1914

Employes on Premises of Railroad Company Going to	1915

Discrimination in Reserving Right to Route Through Ship	1916

Foregoing Principle Further Illustrated and Applied	1917

State Regulations or Charges for Transportation by Water	1920

Rates to One Locality Per Se Reasonable Unlawful	1923

The 1910 Amendment to the Long and Short Haul Provi	1931

Circumstances and Conditions Determining Dissimilarity	1932

CHAPTER V	1934

Clearing Debris from Interstate Lines after Wrecks	1938

Instances where Employes were Engaged in Interstate Com	1939

Commission may Prescribe the Forms of all Schedules	1942

When Congress Legislates upon a Subject Matter of Com	1943

THE CARMACK AMENDMENT AS MODIFIED BY FIRST	1944

Statutory Duty of Carriers to Route Interstate Freight	1946

Trap Car Service Not Unlawful If Practiced Without Dis	1948

Unjust Discrimination and Preference Sections of Original	1950

Commission an Administrative Body Exercising Quasi	1952

Invalid Provision of Section 12 Remedied by Passage	1953

Effect of Second Amendment upon Provisions of First Cum	1954

Relation of Discrimination Clause to the Elkins Act	1957

Transcripts of Testimony to be Furnished Complainant	1958

When Assumption of Risk is a Defense to Negligent Acts	1963

Difference in Amount of Traffic Between Localities Simi	1966

Discrimination in Refusal of Rail Carriers to Establish	1967

States May Not Regulate Ticker Service of Interstate	1969

Rules Governing Filing of Briefs	1971

Carriers and Their Agents Prohibited from Giving Informa	1975

Limitations of Liability Valid as to Property Other Than	1976

Exclusive Privileges for Auxiliary Facilities at Stations	1984

Power of Commission over Safety Appliances on Railroad	1986

Negligence of Common Carrier Need Not be Shown	1987

Extension of Jurisdiction of Commission over Water Car	1989

Unreasonable Compensation to Shippers for Services	1990

Interurban Electric Railroads Included Within the	1991

Discrimination in the Establishment and Maintenance	1993

Lower Rates to Settlers Unlawful	1994

Rates for Passage of Vehicles on Railroad Ferries Must	1995

Amendment of 1917 Prohibiting Filing of Increased Rates	1996

Valid Municipal Regulations of Drivers on Streets Carry	2004

Constitutionality and Validity of the Carmack Amendment	2009

Effect of Statute Upon Contracts with Discriminatory Pro	2010

Express Companies not Common Carriers by Railroad Under	2012

CHAPTER III	2014

PROCEDURE BEFORE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION	2022

Carriers May Limit Liability for Value of Property at Time	2023

Unreasonable Preferences to any Particular Description	2025

President Empowered to Assume Control of Transportation	2027

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Title	Federal Liabilities of Carriers: A Treatise Upon the Duties and Liabilities of Common Carriers by Railroads Under All Federal Laws, with an Appendix Containing a Copy of the Federal Statutes Affecting Railroads, and the General Orders of the Director General of Railroads Under the ..., Volume 2 Federal Liabilities of Carriers: A Treatise Upon the Duties and Liabilities of Common Carriers by Railroads Under All Federal Laws, with an Appendix Containing a Copy of the Federal Statutes Affecting Railroads, and the General Orders of the Director General of Railroads Under the Federal Control Act of 1918, Maurice G. Roberts
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