Tarbox v. Eastern Steamboat Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Exceptions to the ruling of Goodenow, J. Case against the defendants as common carriers for alleged damages to 100 barrels of calcined plaster by their negligence in transporting the same from Eastport to Portland in the steamer Admiral. Plea, general issue. It appeared that the plaintiffs are manufacturers of calcined plaster at Calais, and, in May, 1857, shipped 100 barrels by a small schooner to Eastport, to be forwarded to S. N. Beals & Co., Portland.
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On Exceptions to the ruling of Goodenow, J. Case against the defendants as common carriers for alleged damages to 100 barrels of calcined plaster by their negligence in transporting the same from Eastport to Portland in the steamer Admiral. Plea, general issue. It appeared that the plaintiffs are manufacturers of calcined plaster at Calais, and, in May, 1857, shipped 100 barrels by a small schooner to Eastport, to be forwarded to S. N. Beals & Co., Portland. Evidence was introduced by the plaintiffs, tending to show that the plaster was carefully headed up in suitable casks, was dry when put…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was drawn up by
Tenney, C. J.
This action is against the defendants as common carriers for hire, on account of their alleged failure to deliver one hundred casks of calcined plaster, in good order, at the place to which they engaged to carry it. It is not denied, that the defendants were common carriers for hire, and generally subject to the responsibilities which the law imposes upon persons so engaged.
In order that the owner of property may recover damages of a common carrier for hire, for loss or injury of goods committed to him to be carried to a given place, it is…
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