...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,...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...

...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) is as follows : "That any common carrier, railroad or transportation company receiving property for transportation from a point in one State to a...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...

...provides, in part: "That any common carrier, railroad, or transportation company receiving property for transportation from a point in one State to a...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...

...from a Sbaemfa"r e°™ O°B point in one State to a point in another State shall issue ^^ earned' by a receipt or bill of lading therefor and shall be...lawful holder thereof for any loss, damage, or injury tocontfrar7°tract to such property caused by it or by any common carrier, railroad, or transportation...

...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,...

...for transportation to a point in another State shall be liable to the holder of the bill of lading "for any loss, damage or injury to such property caused...carrier, railroad or transportation company to which said property may be delivered or over whose line or lines such property may pass," was merely declaratory...

...supersedes all regulations and policies of the different States, a common carrier which receives property for transportation from a point in one State to a point in another State is liable to the holder of the bill of lading for loss or injury to such property caused by it or by...

...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...

...commerce act known as the Carmack amendment, provides that : "Any common carrier * * * receiving property for transportation from a point in one State to a...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,...