...things, provided : "That any common carrier, railroad or transportation company receiving property for transportation from a point in one State to a...carrier, railroad or transportation company to which such pr^oerty may be delivered or over whose line or lines such prop*, ty may pass, and no contract, receipt,...

...commerce, renders the initial carrier liable "to the lawful holder" of the receipt or bill of lading "for any loss, damage or injury to such property caused...company to which such property may be delivered, or over whose line or lines such property may pass, and no contract, receipt, rule, or regulation shall exempt...

...motion is as follows: "That any common carrier, railroad, or transportation company receiving property for transportation from a point in one state to a...bill of lading therefor and shall be liable to the t lawful holder thereof for any loss, damage, or injury to such property caused ; by it or by any common...

...of the act provides that any common carrier, railroad or transportation company receiving property for transportation from a point in one State to a...shall issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor. Under that section a through bill of lading or receipt must be issued by the receiving common carrier,...

...provides that the carrier shall issue a receipt or bill of lading for goods received for transportation "and shall be liable to the lawful holder thereof...loss, damage, or injury to such property caused by it * * * and no contract, receipt, rule, or regulation shall exempt such * * * carrier * * * from the...

...Is provided as follows: 'Any common carrier, railroad or transportation company receiving property for transportation from a point In one state to 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...

...issue a receipt or bill of lading. It further provided that the carrier is liable to the lawful bolder thereof for any loss, damage, or injury to 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, and that...

...for transportation in interstate commerce shall be liable to the lawful holder of its bill of lading for any loss, damage, or injury to such property caused by it or by any common carrier to which such property may pass, or whether his right to suit against a connecting carrier, to which...

...company receiving property for transportation from a point in one state to a point in another state ihall issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor and shall be liable to the lawful bolder thereof for any loss, damage, or Injury to such property caused by It or by any common carrier,...

...the lawful holder of the receipt or bill of lading, which it was by that amendment required to issue, for "any loss, damage or injury to such property caused by it or by any of its successors in the transportation," and further declared that "no contract, receipt, rule or...