Allen v. Sewall
New York Supreme Court
This was an action on the case against the defendants as common carriers, tried at the Albany circuit, in September, 1827, before the Hon. William A. Dver, one of the circuit judges. The defendants, eight in number, were stockholders in an incorporated company called the Dutchess and Orange r r j e ° Steam Boat Company, the stock of which, in all, was held by thirty six persons.
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This was an action on the case against the defendants as common carriers, tried at the Albany circuit, in September, 1827, before the Hon. William A. Dver, one of the circuit judges. The defendants, eight in number, were stockholders in an incorporated company called the Dutchess and Orange r r j e ° Steam Boat Company, the stock of which, in all, was held by thirty six persons. By the sixth section of the act incorporating the company, it is declared, “ that the members of the company shall be liable individually, in the same manner as carriers at common law, tor the transportation of all…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Savage, Ch. J.
This is an action on the case against the defendants as common carriers, under the act of incorporation of the Dutchess and Orange Steam-boat Company ; the sixth section of which act is as follows : “ And be it further enacted, that the members of the said corporation shall be liable individually, in the same manner as carriers at common law, for the transportation of all goods, wares and merchandise, delivered to the agents of the said corpora*338tian, and for all contracts which shall be made by such agents reiatmg- to the business of the said corporation.”
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