Court Opinion

ID: 9826880
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 16:51:54.08032+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:42:17.886693
License: Public Domain

On Petition to Rehear.
Counsel for the Express Company has petitioned the court for a rehearing, and has cited the case of Southeastern Express Company *303v. Pastime Amusement Company, 299 U. S., 28, 57 S. Ct., 73, 81 L. Ed., 20, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 9, 1936, which was not considered by this court in the decision of this case. Aside from this case we find nothing presented by the petition which was not carefully considered when the case was decided.
We find nothing in the opinion in the case now cited which sustains the position of learned counsel for the Express Company. On the other hand, it appears that the action in that case, as in this, was for damages resulting from delay alleged to have, resulted from the negligence of the carrier, and the court, by implication at least, held that the shipper could recover not exceeding the declared value of the merchandise. The case was accordingly remanded for a new trial, although the court did hold that a recovery of $1,500 could not be sustained where the declared value did not exceed $50.
A further consideration of the questions presented has led us to the conclusion that we must adhere to our previous decision of this ease, and the petition to rehear must therefore be overruled.
It is suggested that the court did not rule on assignment of error No. 9. It was our intention to overrule this assignment of error, and it is now so ordered.