Hale v. New-Jersey Steam Navigation Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action on the case; tried, on the general issue, at New-Haven, October term, 1842, before Williams, Ch. J. The plaintiff claimed, that, on the 10th of January, 1840, the defendants, being owners of the steam-boat Lexington, which had, for several years, been one of the line of boats transporting goods for hire, from New-York to Stonington and Providence, for all persons who chose to employ them, being the owner of two carriages, placed them on board that boat, in…
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This was an action on the case; tried, on the general issue, at New-Haven, October term, 1842, before Williams, Ch. J. The plaintiff claimed, that, on the 10th of January, 1840, the defendants, being owners of the steam-boat Lexington, which had, for several years, been one of the line of boats transporting goods for hire, from New-York to Stonington and Providence, for all persons who chose to employ them, being the owner of two carriages, placed them on board that boat, in the city and state of JYew-York, to be by the defendants transported to Boston, or to Providence, on the way to Boston…
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Ch. J.
The suit was brought for two carriages, shipped on board the Lexington, against the defendants, as common carriers, to be transported in said boat, for hire, from New-York to Boston or Providence. The boat and goods were destroyed by fire, in the Sound; and a verdict being given for the plaintiff, the defendants excepted to the charge, and claimed,
1. That they were not common carriers, or subject to the rules that govern common carriers. It was long since settled, that any man, undertaking for hire to carry the goods of all persons indifferently, from place to place, is a…
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