Court Opinion

ID: 9826123
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 15:23:08.546646+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:41:51.486698
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice Cothran :
I dissent. The liability, of.’fhe initial carrier under the Carmack Amendment (U. S. Comp. St., §§ 8604a, 8604aa), is coupled with its right to be reimbursed by carrier causing the loss. The consignee having released the intermediate carrier (Director General), who was the real carrier in default, by delaying suit for more than two years, has deprived the innocent, though legally responsible, initial carrier, of a valuable, right, and should be held estopped from proceeding against.it.
Mr. ChiEE Justice Gary did not participate.