Kuter v. Michigan Cent. R. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Illinois
Assumpsit for goods and money delivered to defendants, to be transported from Detroit to Chicago. The first count alleges a delivery, specifying the articles, to defendants as common carriers. The second, alleges a delivery of the property for transportation, to be delivered to plaintiff at. Chicago within a reasonable time. The .third, alleges a general bailment. The fourth, charges that the defendants were common carriers, and agreed to carry and deliver, etc.
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Assumpsit for goods and money delivered to defendants, to be transported from Detroit to Chicago. The first count alleges a delivery, specifying the articles, to defendants as common carriers. The second, alleges a delivery of the property for transportation, to be delivered to plaintiff at. Chicago within a reasonable time. The .third, alleges a general bailment. The fourth, charges that the defendants were common carriers, and agreed to carry and deliver, etc. Plea of general issue. The plaintiff, in April, 1852, was moving with his family from Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, to Kane…
1Opinion of the CourtDeummond, District Judge
(charging jury). The first thing to be considered is as to the proper construction of the charter. By it they were required to transport all merchandise and property. It is insisted by the plaintiff’s counsel that this includes money. “Property” is a word of very enlarged meaning. It comprehends ordinarily everything which is valuable and is subject to disposition and to protection under the law. But it is plain, in order to arrive at the true meaning of the legislature when using the word in this charter, we must look at the connection and circumstances. What was the intent of the law? The…
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