Legal Opinion
Wyckoff v. . Queens County Ferry Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 21, 1873PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
A ferryman is not a common carrier of property retained by a passenger in his own custody and under his own control, and liable as such for all losses and injuries except those caused by the act of God or the public enemies. The cases which go the length of holding that the ferryman is chargeable as a common carrier for the absolute safety of property thus carried, and that the owner, in taking care of the property during the passage of the boat, may be regarded as agent of the ferryman, do not stand upon any just principle, and are not within the reasons of public policy upon which the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Clark v. . Union Ferry CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
- Fisher v. ClisbeeIllinois Supreme Court · 1851
3Cited by19 opinions
- Mayor, Etc., of N.Y. v. . StarinNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- McGrell v. Buffalo Office Building Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1897
- St. Clair County v. Interstate Sand & Car Transfer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Cleveland v. . New Jersey Steamboat Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Patton v. PicklesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1898
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