Farnham v. Camden & Amboy Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certificate from Nisi Prius. This was an action to January Term 1864, by Farnham, Kirk-ham & Co. against the The Camden and Amboy Railroad Company, in which the following case was stated for the opinion of the court in the nature of a special verdict. The defendants are a corporation under the laws of New Jersey, and all laws referring to the said corporation may be considered as if herein fully set forth.
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Certificate from Nisi Prius. This was an action to January Term 1864, by Farnham, Kirk-ham & Co. against the The Camden and Amboy Railroad Company, in which the following case was stated for the opinion of the court in the nature of a special verdict. The defendants are a corporation under the laws of New Jersey, and all laws referring to the said corporation may be considered as if herein fully set forth. The defendants are engaged in the business of transporting freight from Philadelphia to New York, via railroad from Camden to Amboy and steamboat from Amboy to New York. On the 8th day of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, May 13th 1867, by
Thompson, J.
— It does not admit of a doubt that a common barrier may by a special contract, and perhaps by notice, limit his /liability for loss or injury to goods carried by him, as to every cause of injury, excepting that arising from his own or the negligence of his servants. A great variety of cases cited in the very able argument of the learned counsel for the defendants, establish this as the rule in England, from Southcote’s Case, 4 Coke’s Rep. 84, A. D. 1601, down to The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. v. The Hon.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- York Company v. Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Clark & Co. v. SpenceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1840
- Sager v. Portsmouth, S. & P. & E. Rail RoadSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1850
- Bingham v. RogersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1843
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- Buck v. Pennsylvania R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Anderson v. Murdoch Storage & Transfer Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
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