Coates v. United States Express Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Fourth District Court. I. In the absence of a special contract, the carrier is only liable for the extent of his oavii route, and for safe storage and delivery to the next carrier. (1 Redf. on Raifw. 282, 283 ; -Van Santvoord y. St.- John, 6 Hill, 158 ; Hood v. N. Y. & N. H. R.R. 22 Conn. 1, 502; 23 Yerm. 186; Nutting v. Conn. R.R., 1 Gray, 502 ; 25 Wend. 66 ; 24 Conn. 468.) II.
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Error to Fourth District Court. I. In the absence of a special contract, the carrier is only liable for the extent of his oavii route, and for safe storage and delivery to the next carrier. (1 Redf. on Raifw. 282, 283 ; -Van Santvoord y. St.- John, 6 Hill, 158 ; Hood v. N. Y. & N. H. R.R. 22 Conn. 1, 502; 23 Yerm. 186; Nutting v. Conn. R.R., 1 Gray, 502 ; 25 Wend. 66 ; 24 Conn. 468.) II. When goods are delivered to a carrier marked for a particular place, he is only bound to transport and deliver them according to the established usage of the business, whether that usage be known to the…
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
This was.an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, as a common carrier, to recover the sum of $300, alleged to have been delivered to it for transmission from the town of Allen, in Randolph county, to the town of Trenton, in Grundy county.
On the trial, it was agreed between the parties that the express company received the package, and that it contained $300 ; that the company forwarded it to Macon City, which was the nearest point of destination reached by the company, and that it there transferred and delivered the package to the American Express *240Company, which was a…
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- Quimby v. . VanderbiltNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Farmers' & Mechanics' Bank v. Champlain Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1851
- Hood v. New York & New Haven RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1852
- United States Express Co. v. RushIndiana Supreme Court · 1865
- Hempstead v. New York Central Rail RoadNew York Supreme Court · 1858
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- Shewalter v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1900
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