presumed negligence
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From 270 U.S. 416 - Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Thompson Manufacturing Co. · 1926Most cited · 43 citing opinions
the so-called presumption is not a true presumption, since it cannot be rebutted, and the statement itself is only another way of stating the rule of substantive law that a carrier is liable for a failure to transport saferier goods intrusted to its care, unless the loss or damage was due to one of the specified causes