...is a liability to any holder of 'the bill of lading which the primary carrier is required to issue 'for any loss, damage or injury to such property caused by it,' or by any connecting carrier to whom the goods are delivered. The suggestion that an absolute liability exists...

...is hereby min™ to authorized to employ special agents or examiners who ™inas£| n e°awitshall have power to administer oaths, examine witnesses,...company receiving property for transportation from a Sbaemfa"r e°™ O°B point in one State to a point in another State shall issue ^^ earned' by a receipt...

...ar.d receive evident. "That any common carrier, railroad or transportation company receiving proper for transportation from a point in one state to a point in another state shall ÎBfQfreceipt or bill of lading therefor and shall be liable to the lawful holder tbereflM any loss,...

...shipment. The amendment to the Inter-State Commerce act referred to, makes it the duty of a railroad company receiving property for transportation from a point in one State to a point in another State to issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor. But the liability imposed by the act is not dependent...

...Interstate Commerce Act, 24 Stat. 379, as amended, 49 USC § 20 ( 1 1 ) . This makes a common carrier liable "for any loss, damage or injury to such property caused by it" and "no contract, receipt, rule, regulation, or other limitation of any character whatsoever shall...

...the interstate commerce act known as the Carmack amendment, provides that : "Any common carrier * * * receiving property for transportation from a point...such property caused by it or by any common carrier, * * * to which such property may be delivered or over whose line or lines, such property may pass,...

...foreign carrier, and for transportation to foreign countries of commerce, but only for goods received "for transportation from a point in one State to a point in another State" — meaning States and territories within the United States. No other interpretation can be put on...

...Commerce Commission," approved June twentyninth, nineteen hundred and six, as reads as follows, to-wit: "That any common, carrier, railroad, or transportation...a point in another state shall issue a receipt or a bill of lading therefor, and shall be liable to the lawful holder thereof for any loss, damage, or...

...the following language: "and any such common carrier * * * shall be liable * * * for the full actual loss, damage, or injury to such property caused by it or by any such common carrier * * * to which such property may be delivered or over whose line or lines such...

...amendment to section 20 of the Interstate commerce act, found In US Сотр. St. Supp. 1909, p. 11GC: "That any common carrier, railroad or transportation...transportation, from a point in one state, to a point In another shall Issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor and shall be liable to the lawful holder thereof,...