Baltimore Steam Packet Co. v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city. The facts of this case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court. 1 st. The defendant was not liable for the neglect or default of any of the other carriers. By the express terms of the contract, declared on the face of the ticket, the defendant was only liable for breach of the contract on its portion of the route; that is, for its own failure of duty.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city. The facts of this case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court. 1 st. The defendant was not liable for the neglect or default of any of the other carriers. By the express terms of the contract, declared on the face of the ticket, the defendant was only liable for breach of the contract on its portion of the route; that is, for its own failure of duty. Nutting vs. Connecticut Biver B. B. Co., 1 Gray, 502. Van Sant-voord vs. St. John, 6 Hilt, 15*7. F. & M. Bank vs. Champlain Trans. Co., 18 Verm., 140, and 23 Verm., 209. Food vs. N.…
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
The appellee brought this suit to recover the value of a-trunk and contents, lost while being transported from Baltimore to Wilmington, North Carolina.
The evidence shows, that the appellant was proprietor of' the Bay line of steamboats running between Baltimore and Portsmouth, Ya.; that in March 1857, the appellee, with his daughter and servant, as passengers on through tickets from New York to Wilmington, traveled on one of the appellants’ boats from Baltimore to Portsmouth, and thence-by the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad, and the Wilmington Railroad to Wilmington; that his baggage was…
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