Hinckley v. . N.Y. Cen. H. River R.R. Co.

We have held that where a common carrier has received freight for transportation, under a special contract limiting his liability at common law, and by which he has undertaken, for an agreed compensation, to carry the goods to the termination of his route, and then to deliver to another carrier, his duty will end when the goods have reached that terminus and have been delivered to another carrier. (Babcock v. L.S. M.S.R.W. Co., 49 N.Y., 491.)

The written and printed receipt given to the plaintiff, in the case in hand, by the stationman at Oriskany — if it is the contract of the defendant —…