American Contract Co. v. Cross
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 11 — PETITION ORDINARY ■APPEAL PROM CHRISTIAN CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Angelí on Carriers, secs. 114, 304, 317, 318, 320, 326, 571. Redfield on Carriers, secs. 73, 77-87. Story on Bailments, secs. 595, 213, 410. 13 Maryland, 126, Giles v. Pauntleroy. 19 C. B. (N. S.) 321, Phelps v. L. & N. W. R. Co. 2 Bush, 86, Tucker v. Hood. 35 Vermont, 605. 9 Humphrey, 621. 16 B. Monroe, 308. CITED Redfield on Carriers, page 57, sec. 71; page 72, see. 79. Angelí on Carriers, 116.…
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Case 11 — PETITION ORDINARY ■APPEAL PROM CHRISTIAN CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Angelí on Carriers, secs. 114, 304, 317, 318, 320, 326, 571. Redfield on Carriers, secs. 73, 77-87. Story on Bailments, secs. 595, 213, 410. 13 Maryland, 126, Giles v. Pauntleroy. 19 C. B. (N. S.) 321, Phelps v. L. & N. W. R. Co. 2 Bush, 86, Tucker v. Hood. 35 Vermont, 605. 9 Humphrey, 621. 16 B. Monroe, 308. CITED Redfield on Carriers, page 57, sec. 71; page 72, see. 79. Angelí on Carriers, 116. Newberry’s Admiralty, 494, Steamer H. M. Wright. Civil Code, section 670. 10 Ohio, 145, Jones v. Voorheis. 16 B. Monroe, 302,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Pryor
The appellant, being a common carrier, running its cars with freight and passengers on what is known as the Evansville, Henderson & Nashville Railroad, undertook for the customary price to carry the appellee with her baggage from the town of Pembroke, on the line of the road, to the town of Hopkinsville, Ky. The baggage consisted of a trunk containing articles of clothing and a gold watch. This trunk was not delivered to the appellee when she left the train at Hopkinsville, and seems not to have been received by her until some days afterward. "When she obtained the trunk her watch, of the…
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