Foster v. M. A. Metts & Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Winston County. Hon. J. M. Arnold, Judge. M. A. Metts & Co., the defendants in error, were contractors to carry the United States mail from Louisville to Artesia, in this state.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Winston County. Hon. J. M. Arnold, Judge. M. A. Metts & Co., the defendants in error, were contractors to carry the United States mail from Louisville to Artesia, in this state. J. C. Foster, the plaintiff .in error, had $200 in money stolen from the mail on this route, by the carrier employed by the defendants in error to -carry the mail. .Foster insisted .that the defendants in error were responsible for the safe carrying of his money, and should make good to him the loss. The latter at first refused to recognize any liability on their part for the loss, but…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
The Post-office Department is ¿a branch of the government, instituted for public convenience: The government of the United States has undertaken the business of conducting the transmission and distribution and delivery of all mail-matter. The government is the carrier of the mails. It carries them by the aid of agents it contracts with for this service. Contractors for carrying the mail are the agents of the government in the business undertaken by themT The sender of mail-matter has no contract with the carrier of the mail-bags, and does not commit his mail-matter to him, but to the…
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