A Treatise on the Law of Carriers of Goods and Passengers, by Land and by Water |
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... damage to the goods . delivered to a private bailee for hire , seems , therefore , to be cogent evidence of want of care . Thus , where a puncheon of rum was staved by the servants of the defendant whilst it was being lowered into the ...
... damage to the goods . delivered to a private bailee for hire , seems , therefore , to be cogent evidence of want of care . Thus , where a puncheon of rum was staved by the servants of the defendant whilst it was being lowered into the ...
Page 58
... damage complained of happened distinctly by the owner's neglect . This was an action of assumpsit against the de- fendant , as a lighterman , for damage done to the plaintiff's goods , which had been intrusted to him to be deposited in ...
... damage complained of happened distinctly by the owner's neglect . This was an action of assumpsit against the de- fendant , as a lighterman , for damage done to the plaintiff's goods , which had been intrusted to him to be deposited in ...
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... damage had previously occurred . It could not be denied , that a cause of action to 1 Bowman v . Teall , 23 Wend . ( N. Y. ) R. 306 . recover the full amount of damages that had already been CH . III . ] 59 PRIVATE CARRIERS FOR HIRE .
... damage had previously occurred . It could not be denied , that a cause of action to 1 Bowman v . Teall , 23 Wend . ( N. Y. ) R. 306 . recover the full amount of damages that had already been CH . III . ] 59 PRIVATE CARRIERS FOR HIRE .
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... damage done to , property in his possession to be carried , is of itself sufficient proof of negligence , the maxim being , that every thing is negligence which the law does not excuse ; so that in all cases , but those just mentioned ...
... damage done to , property in his possession to be carried , is of itself sufficient proof of negligence , the maxim being , that every thing is negligence which the law does not excuse ; so that in all cases , but those just mentioned ...
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... damage done , without their fault , to other vessels or their cargoes , to the value of the ship doing the damage , at the time of the accident . In Massachusetts , the responsibility of owners was , by a statute passed in 1818 , and re ...
... damage done , without their fault , to other vessels or their cargoes , to the value of the ship doing the damage , at the time of the accident . In Massachusetts , the responsibility of owners was , by a statute passed in 1818 , and re ...
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Page 290 - ... when the party by his own contract creates a duty or charge upon himself, he is bound to make it good, if he may, notwithstanding any accident by inevitable necessity, because he might have provided against it by his contract.
Page 145 - The law charges this person thus intrusted to carry goods, against all events but acts of God, and of the enemies of the king. For though the force be never so great, as if an irresistible multitude of people should rob him, nevertheless he is chargeable. And this is a politic establishment, contrived by the policy of the law, for the safety of all persons, the necessity of whose affairs oblige them to trust these sorts of persons, that they may be safe in their ways of dealing...
Page 73 - any man undertaking, for hire, to carry the goods of all persons indifferently;" and in Dwight v. Brewster (1 Pick. 50), to be "one who undertakes, for hire, to transport the goods of such as choose to employ him, from place to place.
Page 651 - ... carriers might have an opportunity of undoing all persons that had any dealings with them, by combining with thieves, etc., and yet doing it in such a clandestine manner, as would not be possible to be discovered. And this is the reason the law is founded upon in that point.
Page 651 - Let us consider the reason of the case. For nothing is law that is not reason.
Page 573 - By section 2, it is further enacted, " that every such action shall be for the benefit of the wife, husband, parent, and child, of the person whose death shall have been so caused...
Page 651 - He seldom follows or sends any servant with them to the place of their destination. If they should be lost or Injured by the grossest negligence of the carrier or his servants, or stolen by them or by thieves In collusion with them, the owner would be unable to prove either of these causes of loss. His witnesses must be the carrier's servants, and they, knowing that they could not be contradicted, would excuse their masters and themselves.
Page 573 - Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default, is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages, in respect thereof...
Page 651 - The fifth sort is, when goods or chattels are delivered to be carried, or something is to be done about them, for a reward to be paid by the person who delivers them to the bailee, who is to do the thing about them.
Page 603 - That by virtue of this it is not only the right but the bounden and solemn duty of a State to advance the safety, happiness, and prosperity of its people and to provide for its general welfare by any and every act of legislation which it may deem to be conducive to these ends, where the power over the particular subject or the manner of its exercise is not surrendered or restrained in the manner just stated.