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180 N.C. 665

Powell v. Hines

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided November 4, 1920

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1920-11-04

Appeal by plaintiff from Guión, J., at tbe April Term, 1920, of Columbus. Tbis is an action to recover tbe value of certain baggage.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently May 1924

2 state decisions

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Decided 1920-11-04

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Pee Cubiam.

¶1.'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.

¶2Tbe plaintiff will pay tbe costs of tbe Director General in tbis Court, and will recover all other costs of tbe railroad.

¶3Modified and affirmed.

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