Noyes v. Rutland & Burlington Railroad
Supreme Court of Vermont
Railroad companies. Common carriers. Inability of corporations. Assumpsit. In October, 1852, the defendants contracted with the plaintiffs to transport for them to the city of Troy, N. Y. from Burlington, Mallett’s Bay, Georgia, St. Albans Bay and Highgate, certain quantities of hay, which the plaintiffs had at those places, at certain specified rates per ton, varying with the localities at which the hay was to he received.
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Railroad companies. Common carriers. Inability of corporations. Assumpsit. In October, 1852, the defendants contracted with the plaintiffs to transport for them to the city of Troy, N. Y. from Burlington, Mallett’s Bay, Georgia, St. Albans Bay and Highgate, certain quantities of hay, which the plaintiffs had at those places, at certain specified rates per ton, varying with the localities at which the hay was to he received. The defendants agreed to transport the hay from the above mentioned places with reasonable despatch, and to send their barges for the hay to the points north of Burlington…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, Ch. J.
It seems to be now well settled, that railroad companies, as common carriers may make valid contracts to carry beyond the limits of them own road, either by land or water, and thus become liable for the acts and neglects of other carriers, in no sense under them control. Muschamp v. L. & P. Junction R. Co., 8 M. & W. 421. Weed v. Saratoga & Schenectady R. Co., 19 Wendell, 534. Farmers & Mechanics Bank v. Champ. Trans. Co., 23 Vt. 186.
It has never been questioned that carriers, whether natural or artificial persons, might by usage or…
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