Johnson v. West Jersey & Seashore Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Minturn, J.

The case presented at the Circuit was upon a declaration which alleged that the defendant “undertook for hire, as a common carrier, to transport and carry safely” a certain stock of rags delivered to it by the plaintiff, from Atlantic City to the city of Philadelphia; and that having failed so to do, its common law liability as a common carrier attached.

Upon the trial, the plaintiff found it necessary to introduce in evidence a bill of lading issued to her by defendant at the time of the delivery of the goods for transportation; which, when…