Daniels v. Barney

In 1855, the legislature of Indiana enacted: That all persons, associations of persons, or companies, usually called Express Companies, regularly engaged, or hereafter to be engaged in the business of carrying or transporting packages or parcels of bank notes, coin, merchandise, or other articles, over or upon any of the railroads, rivers, canals, or other thoroughfares in this State, and receiving, or agreeing to receive, compensation for such services, shall be, and they are hereby declared common carriers, and shall be subject to all the liabilities to which common carriers are subject…