Robertson v. Kennedy

Judge Nicholas

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Robertson and Co. sued Kennedy, in case, for the loss of a hogshead of sugar, which he, as a common carrier, had undertaken, for a reasonable compensation, to carry from the bank of the river, to their store in Brandenburg.

On the trial,’ plaintiffs introduced proof conducing to show that defendant had been in the habit of hauling for hire, in the town of Brandenburg, for every one who applied to him, with an ox team, driven by his slave ; that he had undertaken to haul for plaintiffs the hogshead in question, and that, after defendants slave…