Gass v. New York, Providence & Boston Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of contract, for the value, in the first case, of one hundred and fifty-six tubs of butter, and in the second case of twenty-five tierces and two hundred cans of lard, alleged to have been delivered by the plaintiffs respectively to the defendants as common carriers, for transportation over a route between New York and Boston, of which the defendants’ railroad formed a part.
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Two actions of contract, for the value, in the first case, of one hundred and fifty-six tubs of butter, and in the second case of twenty-five tierces and two hundred cans of lard, alleged to have been delivered by the plaintiffs respectively to the defendants as common carriers, for transportation over a route between New York and Boston, of which the defendants’ railroad formed a part. At the trial, before Foster, J., these facts appeared : The defendants’ railroad, which extends from Groton in Conneeticut to Providence in Rhode Island, connected at Groton with steamboats of the Merchants’…
1Opinion of the CourtHoar, J.
The rules of law which limit and fix the liability of successive carriers of goods over a continuous line of transportation have been recently very fully considered and stated in the case of Darling v. Boston & Worcester Railroad Co. 11 Allen, 295. The authorities were there reviewed to such an extent that we do not consider it necessary or expedient to examine them again in detail. It will be sufficient to refer to the rules which were adopted, and apply them to the decision of the case before us.
The defendants are proprietors of a railroad, connecting with a steamboat company at one end of…
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