CARRIERS-STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR BRINGING SUIT FOR INJURY TO GOODS

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Abstract

A recent case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States suggests the query-ls there a federal statute of limitations for bringing suit for injury to goods in an interstate shipment? The answer depends on the interpretation of the Cummins Amendment of March 4, 1915 and the Transportation Act of 1920. The relevant and germane provision of these acts as to the time limit for commencing suit for injury to goods on an interstate carriage is "That it shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to provide by rule, contract, or regulation a shorter period for giving notice of claims than ninety days, for the filing of claims than four months, for institution of suit than two years, such period for institution of suits to be computed from the day when notice in writing is given by the carrier to the claimant that the carrier has disallowed the claim or any part or parts thereof specified in the notice."

Recommended Citation

CARRIERS-STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR BRINGING SUIT FOR INJURY TO GOODS, 26 Mich. L. Rev. 201 (1927).
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