Grogan & Merz v. Adams Express Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 2 of Allegheny county: of October Term, 1886, No. 111. This was an action of trespass on the case by James C. Grogan and A. Merz, partners as Grogan and Merz, against the Adams Express Company. . The plaintiffs in their declaration set out that the defendant is a common carrier of goods for hire between the city of Pittsburgh and Springfield, Massachusetts; that on December 20th, 1883, plaintiffs delivered to defendant and defendant…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 2 of Allegheny county: of October Term, 1886, No. 111. This was an action of trespass on the case by James C. Grogan and A. Merz, partners as Grogan and Merz, against the Adams Express Company. . The plaintiffs in their declaration set out that the defendant is a common carrier of goods for hire between the city of Pittsburgh and Springfield, Massachusetts; that on December 20th, 1883, plaintiffs delivered to defendant and defendant received a certain article of jewelry of the value of one hundred and ninety-eight dollars ($198.00), to be safely and…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. 'Justice Green
delivered the opinion of the court,
In the case of Farnham v. The Camden and Amboy Railroad Company, this court decided that a common carrier might, by a special contract, and perhaps by notice, limit his liability for loss or injury to goods carried by him, as to every' cause of injury except that arising from negligence. In that case, there was a special contract signed b.y the receiving clerk of the carrier company, expressed in the receipt given to the shipper, limiting the responsibility of the carrier to $100 for every 100 lbs, freight, the shipper declining to pay for…
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