Hadd v. United States & Canada Express Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case against an express carrier for negligently so carrying a package of money that it was lost, with a count in trover.
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Case against an express carrier for negligently so carrying a package of money that it was lost, with a count in trover. The case was referred, and the referee reported facts as follows : On January 3,1877, the plaintiff delivered a package of money of the value of $300 to D. Paul, agent at Bast Berkshire of the defendant, — a firm composed of Benjamin P. Ohenev and Nathaniel White, and a common carrier in the express business over a large number of railroads in New England, including the road through East Berkshire to Essex Junction, — to be sent thence by express to Joseph Melendy, in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Veazey, J.
It has been repeatedly decided in the American courts that, in the absence of special contract, common carriers, including express companies, receiving parcels marked to a point beyond their own route, and having no special business relations with other carriers, are only responsible as common carriers to the end of their own route, and the safe and seasonable delivery to the succeeding carrier in the direction of the transportation. 2 Redf. Railw. s. 154 ; Edwards Bailm. s. 578 ; Nutting v. Connec*341ticut River Railroad Co. 1 Gray, 502; Root v.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Farmers' & Mechanics' Bank v. Champlain Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1851
- Root v. . the Great Western R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- King v. WoodbridgeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1861
- Morse v. BrainerdSupreme Court of Vermont · 1869
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