LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF BILL OF LADING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00709R000400070253-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 1, 2001
• Sequence Number: 253
• Publication Date: December 23, 1948
• Content Type: MEMO

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OGC Has Reviewed
23 Deceulber 19u8
Z.ttitatiors of Liability In Bill of Lading
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czar ". oo !s had us: en da.: ed to the extent of 080,70.
encr) was notified of the l oge and pa '
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:':e?nt Ji 04...,C r 0:::.",~.~?r: at_-co'unt.ci ',Fm withheld pen:.tir.;, t1t+t 1cr etst o the
C~ 1~ r >tr 4; r''C,ed that t:- cir 1abi.Llty was
~r. K:.cc:ordar:cc with the ter -s of the standard express
rc4.c-pt. 1.c :'a; t tha a ucvcrn ent bill of ladin"r rx,her than the
cw:t~acr .a:i r2,y' teas :sera r:a_s _..:tcd out to theca ar.r? t.
} eta carrier's
fill t.xtci-.' of J-1-he _! aa` ca was c1alzred C.iy V is A ert y
re-, 1i cd f "_ 1.: P e S~~a '~ ice' S,"as 2 t'czs'3 zf of J. U
"~ - e3s ~zac Ovvr7IE'-'IL of 3.'i. .
ca 1-ad..Zrs ;ro-v1dc that the name terms ~;overr4n;; cram xrbial ahipaonts and
t w 11~:. tcd ; aluat-ona Epeci_`ied in their tarii.r aplil.ied to the GoV -.
Mont bill of laa~u_ in view of t:ie reference therein to the comercia1
cxpW emirs rc;cc .s t.
2. It :;w ',e accepted t~kia'lo t:te United . tateeg, in the course of
Itti c(xAmcrc.;_,d transact..nne, is bourn by the same practices wiiith would
avrrri ~:: :,~ tk?._ 1. (uru,ed : tates v. AMMerican Sales Corporation,
27 2L ed. (2r; -J) 3 ..9, ,192 87.) +ette ral 1 r, the carrier ? is obliged to pay
th full c l~ , s~ for any a saj;ns result'.nj from it e negligence and a ccm-
1:= ` e arm ncci dition-" release ; or the neSlin~cce or the car-xer is void.
~ tr C3e7 at7.L"Ie v. C - ., I+ s r..'. L T. P. hr--. Co., hD F. 731.) UUowever, .hi- rule,
Lech i-,; ^ L*LDt_-i.Yacd :LIi t7c ._:.tcrast of ublic
F Fob-c:Y'j can be restricted
?t,- a ~?;s f "l.iritat;.an of damwa es when the n-ii.pper is given a choice of
rates. (. ra.:cn `c'acific h iilroad Company v. Jurkes 25;5 Us,'.'* 31.1 LrJ 7, )
hen t. r.:tt_s are 'oa zed on a Br,. t cd vaiu b; on, it lip eestablished In
^e =OTk la e tied to t:1c release'". (dan ior,io I. Piteinstract ..giros. Ce r? 29
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noted *hat Vic s ipper'a ksteawlcd of the rate h3.ch the c ler is
rally cxatiti.ed to charie is conclusive nonu ed. (Ransaa City- Sam them
tasilwa :o. v. Carl, 227 U. S. 639 ,19127.) The shipper's acaeptazzce of
t' expre s re$ccipt cmtrdstLn, a l nitatior 'i liability which Is related
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