Abbott v. Bradstreet
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Report. Assumpsit against the owners of the steamboat " Star of the East,” to recover money alleged to have been stolen from the pocket of the plaintiff while he was a passenger. It appeared that the plaintiff took passage on the defendants’ boat on June 29, 1866 ; and during the night $197,56 were stolen from his pocket by some person unknown.
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On Report. Assumpsit against the owners of the steamboat " Star of the East,” to recover money alleged to have been stolen from the pocket of the plaintiff while he was a passenger. It appeared that the plaintiff took passage on the defendants’ boat on June 29, 1866 ; and during the night $197,56 were stolen from his pocket by some person unknown. He paid the usual fare for one passenger and did not deliver his money into the custody of the defendants or their agent, nor give them any notice that he had it on his person. The defendants were common carriers of persons and freight by steamboat…
1Opinion of the CourtCutting, J.
This is an action of assumpsit against the defendants as common carriers. The plaintiff alleges that, on the 29th day of June, 1866, he was a passenger on board the steamboat " Star of the East,” on her passage from Boston to Gardiner; that, during her passage, his wallet, containing $197,56, was stolen from his pocket, and claims that the defendants are liable for the loss.
It is admitted that the sum, before mentioned, was stolen from the plaintiff’s pocket by some person unknown — that he paid the usual fare for one passenger, and did not deliver his money into the custody of the defendants…
2Cited by4 opinions
- Adams v. New Jersey Steamboat Co.New York Court of Common Pleas · 1894
- Humphrey v. Merchants & Miners Transportation Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1928
- Henderson v. Louisville & N. R. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana · 1884
- The John BrooksDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1872