Wood v. Maine Central Railroad
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Action for loss of plaintiff’s baggage by theft from the defendant’s station at Wiscasset. It was admitted that the owner did not accompany it while it was being transported from Boston to Wiscasset, its place of destination. The case appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.
In this case the. first count in the writ sets out an express contract on the part of the defendant as a common carrier, to transport the plaintiff’s trunk with its contents safely from Portland to Wiscasset and there to deliver it to the plaintiff. The second is on an alleged contract by the defendant as a warehouseman to receive from the plaintiff and safely keep, and deliver to him his trunk and its contents upon demand. The defendant pleads to the first count that it was not liable to plaintiff as a common carrier for the loss of his property, and to the second count that as a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Beers v. Boston & Albany RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
- Marshall v. Pontiac, Oxford & Northern RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1901
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- Bradley v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1909
- Lusk v. BlochSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
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