Appellate Court of Illinois, 1918

Simpson v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois · Decided April 16, 1918 · Matchett

210 Ill. App. 269

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Matchett

delivered the opinion of the court.

3. Gabblers, § 241*—right to waive provision of contract as to notice of loss or injury to live stock. Under the Interstate Commerce Act as construed by the United States courts, a carrier of an interstate shipment cannot waive a provision of the contract of carriage requiring the shipper to give notice of loss or injury within a specified time as a condition to recovery therefor.

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