Michigan Central Railroad v. Hale
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Jackson Circuit. Hale and Smith brought assumpsit against the Michigan Central Railroad Company, for the value of certain wheat delivered to the Company as common carriers, to be carried by them from Grass Lake to the city of Detroit.
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Error to Jackson Circuit. Hale and Smith brought assumpsit against the Michigan Central Railroad Company, for the value of certain wheat delivered to the Company as common carriers, to be carried by them from Grass Lake to the city of Detroit. Upon the trial, the following facts appeared in evidence: In and prior to November, 1850, defendants (below) were common carriers, incorporated by an act of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, approved March 28th, 1846. As such common carriers, prior to the night of November 18th, 1850, they received from plaintiffs 1803 and 34-60ths bushels of…
1Opinion of the Court
Martin Ch. J.:
The first question presented in this case is, whether, after goods transported by the Railroad Company have arrived at *251their place of consignment, and have been deposited in such Company’s warehouse, according to the usual course of business, the Company’s liability, from the time of so depositing them, would be that of warehousemen, or that of common carriers. The consideration of this question necessarily involves that of the second presented in this case, viz., the construction and effect of the sixteenth section of the Company’s charter, — as this last contains really no…
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