...State receiving property for transportation from one point in this State to another point within this State shall issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor,...carrier, railroad or transportation company to which such property may be delivered, or over whose line or lines such property may pass, and no contract,...

...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...

...act of June 29, 1906, chap. 3591, § 7, 34 US Stat. 593 (US Comp. Stat. Supp. 1911, p. 1307), which provides, in part: "That any common carrier, railroad,...carrier, railroad, or transportation company to which such property may be delivered or over whose line or lines such property may pass, and no contract,...

...that lengthy amendment of section 20 (of the 1887 act — section 7 of the 1906 act) is as follows : "That any common carrier, railroad or transportation...carrier, railroad or transportation company, to which such property may be delivered or over whose line or lines such property may pass, and no contract,...

...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,...

...™inas£| n e°awitshall have power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, and receive evidence. That any common carrier, railroad, or transportation...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...

...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...