Bingham v. Rogers
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the District Court of Allegheny county. William F. Rogers against John Bingham and others, late owners of the “ Emigrant Line.” The defendants were common carriers by railroad and canal between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
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ERROR to the District Court of Allegheny county. William F. Rogers against John Bingham and others, late owners of the “ Emigrant Line.” The defendants were common carriers by railroad and canal between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. This was an action on the case against them for negligence, &e. whereby the plaintiff, as he alleged in the declaration, lost a trunk or box containing the following articles, viz: Tredgold on the Construction of Steam Engines and Boats, illustrated by a volume of Model Engravings, $30. Templeton’s Millwright’s Guide, $7. Other valuable books, $7. A stamped article…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Huston, J.
Much of the law of this, and perhaps every country, is founded on the usages of the people, and those usages vary as the business changes, or as the legislature interferes to modify and prescribe rules for the regulation of business and contracts *499relating to business. The law relating to the liability of common carriers is very ancient, and is at least as old as the statutes of hue and cry, by which the vicinity was made liable for goods of which any person was robbed. These last are now obsolete or repealed. They were required by a state of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Hollister v. NowlenNew York Supreme Court · 1838
- Atwood v. Reliance Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1839
- Gordon & Walker v. LittleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1822
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- Farnham v. Camden & Amboy RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
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