69-11-429. Liability for valuable cargo. (1) Unless a common carrier has knowledge of the nature of the freight upon its receipt by mark upon the package or otherwise, a common carrier is not liable for more than $50 upon the loss or injury of any one package of:
(a) gold, silver, platina, or precious stones or of imitations of those items in a manufactured or unmanufactured state;
(b) timepieces of any description;
(c) negotiable paper or other valuable writings;
(d) pictures, glass, or chinaware;
(e) statuary, silk, or laces; or
(f) plated ware of any kind.
(2) A common carrier is not liable with regard to any package carried for more than the value of the articles named in the receipt or the bill of lading.
History: En. Sec. 2913, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5356, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7870, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2200; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1160; re-en. Sec. 7870, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 8-815; amd. Sec. 2027, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 11. Regulation of Carriers
69-11-401. General definitions
69-11-402. Relationship of carrier to consignor and consignee
69-11-403. Acceptance of freight
69-11-404. Delivery of freight
69-11-405. Procedure to terminate carrier's liability
69-11-406. Payment of freightage
69-11-407. Natural increase of freight
69-11-408. Apportionment of freightage by contract
69-11-409. Adjustment of freightage for change in time or place of delivery
69-11-410. Carrier's lien for freightage
69-11-411. Sale of perishable property for freightage
69-11-412. Division of joint rates among carriers
69-11-413. through 69-11-420 reserved
69-11-421. Liability of inland carriers for loss
69-11-422. Permissible limitations on liability
69-11-423. Meaning of delivering carrier
69-11-424. Examination of shipment
69-11-425. Period in which to file claims
69-11-426. Processing of claims for damage
69-11-427. Liability between carriers