Bank of Kentucky v. Adams Express Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe TJnited States for tbe District of Kentucky/ These ar.e -'.actions by tfie plaintiffs in error to recover tbe value of certain packages containing money, which, on tbeir transportation over tbe, Louisville and Nashville Railroad in charge, of a messenger of the defendant in error, were destroyed by fire. - There was a verdict and judgment in each case for tie defendant. Tbe plaintiffs sued'out these writs of error.
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Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe TJnited States for tbe District of Kentucky/ These ar.e -'.actions by tfie plaintiffs in error to recover tbe value of certain packages containing money, which, on tbeir transportation over tbe, Louisville and Nashville Railroad in charge, of a messenger of the defendant in error, were destroyed by fire. - There was a verdict and judgment in each case for tie defendant. Tbe plaintiffs sued'out these writs of error. Tbe facts are set forth in the opinion, of tbe court. So much' of tbe instruction’s of the court below as are referred to but not incorporated' in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
The defendants in each of these cases are an express company, engaged in the business of- carrying for hire money, goods, and parcels, from one locality to another. In the transaction of their business they employ the railroads, steamboats, and other public conveyances' of the country. These conveyances are not owned by them,' nor are they subject to their control, any more than they are to the control of other transporters or passengers. The packages intrusted to their care are at all times, while on these public conveyances, in the charge of one of their own messengers or agents. In…
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