Inhabitants of Plantation No. 4, R. 1 v. Hall
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On EXCEPTIONS. Case against the defendants, who are doing business under tbc firm name and style of the Eastern Express Company, for neglecting to deliver to plaintiffs a package of money intrusted to the defendants as common carriers. The verdict was for the plaintiffs, and the defendants excepted to certain rulings and instructions, the facts in relation to which are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtAppleton, C. J.
This action is against the defendants as common carriers for neglect in not delivering a package of money intrusted to them as such.
The plaintiffs on August 21,1866, wrote N. G. Hichborn, treasurer of Maine, to forward' to them the amount allowed for aid to the families of volunteers, and requested him to send “ the money by express or a check on one of the Bangor Banks.”
The defendants, by their agent, received a package of $527.34 under an agreement “to forward and deliver at destination, if within their route, and if not, to deliver to the connecting express, *518stage, or other means of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Burroughs v. Norwich & Worcester RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Pendergast v. Adams Express Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Reed v. . United States Express Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Schumacher ex rel. MyersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1868
3Cited by4 opinions
- AJ Tebbe & Sons Company v. Brown ExpressTexas Supreme Court · 1960
- Tubize Chattilon Corp. v. White Transp. Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1934
- AJ Tebbe & Sons Company v. Brown ExpressTexas Supreme Court · 1960
- Myrick v. Michigan Cent. R. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois · 1879