Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1920

Powell v. Hines

Powell v. Hines
Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided November 4, 1920 · Cubiam
180 N.C. 665

Powell v. Hines

Opinion of the Court

Pee Cubiam.

.'The authority of tbe Director General to promulgate tbe order limiting tbe recovery for loss of baggage to $100 on intrastate as well as interstate transactions is fully sustained by No. Poe R. R. v. North Dakota, 250 U. S., 135, and that tbe plaintiff is entitled to judgment against tbe railroad for $100 is decided at tbis term in McGovern & Co. v. R. R., and cases there cited.

Tbe plaintiff will pay tbe costs of tbe Director General in tbis Court, and will recover all other costs of tbe railroad.

Modified and affirmed.

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