 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - 1879 - 942 Seiten
...risk. A common carrier is regarded by the law as an insurer," etc. (Angell on Carriers, sec. 67.) " To bring a person within the description of a common...the transportation of goods for hire as a business, not as a casual occupation pro hoe vice." (Story on Bailments, sec. 495.) Varble, Ac. v. Biglejr. "... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1832 - 460 Seiten
...description of a common \ carrIer, [lle__Inust_^xercise -it-a*-a -public ejnploymentj he must understake to carry goods for persons generally ; and he must...the transportation of goods for hire as a business, not as a casual occupation, pro hoc vice.2 A common carrier has, therefore, been defined to be one,... | |
 | Joseph Rockwell Swan - 1837 - 614 Seiten
...within the description of a common carrier of goods, he must exercise it as a public employment ; be must undertake to carry goods for persons generally,...transportation of goods for hire as a business, and not as an accidental occupation upon one occasion. Teamsters, draymen, and porters who engage to carry goods... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1840 - 686 Seiten
...say, the responsibility of ordinary diligence.3 To bring a person within the description of a commou carrier, he must exercise it as a public employment...the transportation of goods for hire, as a business, not as a casual occupation pro I1ac vice.4 A common carrier has, therefore, been defined 1 2 Kent,... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1843 - 752 Seiten
...transportation be his principal and direct business, or only an occasional and incidental employment. To bring a person within the description of a common carrier, he must exercise his business as a public employment ; he must undertake to carry goods for persons generally ; and... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1846 - 726 Seiten
...beyond that of any ordinary bailee for hire, that is to say, the responsibility of ordinary diligence.1 To bring a person within the description of a common...the transportation of goods for hire, as a business, not as a casual occupation pro hoc vice? A common carrier has, therefore, been denned to be one, who... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1847 - 556 Seiten
...bailee for hire, that is to say, the responsibility of ordinary diligence. To bring a person under the description of a common carrier, he must exercise...undertake to carry goods for persons generally, and Jie must hold himself out as ready to engage in the transportation of goods for hire, as a business... | |
 | John Jane Smith Wharton - 1848 - 726 Seiten
...not, however, every person who undertakes to carry goods for hire that is deemed a common carrier. carrier, he must exercise it as a public employment;...ready to engage in the transportation of goods for liii i-, as a business, nnt as a casual occupation, ¡im hac vice. A common carrier has, therefore,... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell - 1849 - 808 Seiten
...Boyce » Anderson, 2 Peters (US) R. 150. 9 Ante, § 3. person." Therefore, according to Lord Holt, to bring a person within the description of a common carrier, he must exercise the business of carrying as a "public employment," or, as it has been said, " he must undertake to... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell - 1851 - 836 Seiten
...exercises a public employment, or a delivery to a private person." Therefore, according to Lord Holt, to bring a person within the description of a common carrier, he must exercise the business of carrying as a " public employment," or, as it has been said, " he must undertake to... | |
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To bring a person within the description of a common carrier, he must exercise it as a public employment ; he must undertake to carry goods for persons generally ; and he must hold himself out as ready to engage in the transportation of goods for hire,... 
