Myrick v. Michigan Central Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe Northern District of Illinois. Tbis is an action for breach of two alleged contracts of the Michigan Central Railroad Company with the plaintiff, Paris. Myrick, each to carry for him two hundred and two head of cattle from Chicago to Philadelphia, and there deliver them, to his order.
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Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe Northern District of Illinois. Tbis is an action for breach of two alleged contracts of the Michigan Central Railroad Company with the plaintiff, Paris. Myrick, each to carry for him two hundred and two head of cattle from Chicago to Philadelphia, and there deliver them, to his order. It arises out of these facts: Myrick was in 1877 engaged, at Chicago, in the business of buying cattle, sometimes on his own account and sometimes for other’s, and forwarding them by railway to Philadelphia. The company is a corporation created by the State…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The principal question presented by the instruction requested by the defendant has been elaborately considered and adjudged by this court. It is only necessary, therefore, to state the conclusion reached;
A railroad company is a carrier of goods for tbe public, and, as such, is bound to carry safely whatever goods are intrusted to it for transportation, within the course of its business, to the end of its route, and there deposit them in a suitable place for their, owners or consignees. If the road of the company, connects with other roads, and goods are received for transportation beyond the…
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