 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1849 - 916 σελίδες
...upon which a liability would have been incurred ? Judge Story, on page 35 of the report, says, " I take it to be exceedingly clear, that no person is...sense of the law, who is not a carrier for hire." The ground of liability is stated by Chancellor Wai worth, 6 Wen. 346 : " There can be no doubt," he... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell - 1849 - 808 σελίδες
...for refusing to take charge of goods, there must be tendered him a reasonable compensation. Indeed no person is a common carrier, in the sense of the law, who is not a carrier for hire ; and it is the reward which renders him liable ; as Lord Coke says, the carrier " hath his hire, and... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell - 1851 - 836 σελίδες
...reward. Hurrill v. Owens, 1 Dev. & Bat. (NC) R. 273 ; Anon. v. Jackson, 1 Hayw. (NC) R. 14. " It is exceedingly clear, that no person is a common carrier,...in the sense of the law, who is not a carrier for hirte ; that is, who does not receive, or is not entitled to receive, any recompense for his services.... | |
 | Isaac Edwards - 1855 - 708 σελίδες
...show him a common carrier, other than the fact that he took such packages of money as were offered.* No person is a common carrier, in the sense of the law, who is not a carrier for hire. It is not necessary that the compensation should be a fixed sum ; it is sufficient if it be in the... | |
 | Richard Peters - 1860 - 836 σελίδες
...duties, obligations, and liabilities. Citizens' Bank v. Nantucket Steamboat Co., t Story's CCR 16. 2. No person is a common carrier, in the sense of the law, who is not a carrier for hire. It is not necessary that the compensation should be a fixed sum ; it is sufficient if it be in the... | |
 | Benjamin Vaughan Abbott - 1879 - 1054 σελίδες
...contract to carry them. Tunnell u. Pettijohn, 2 Harr. (Üel.) 48; sp Powell v. Mills, 30 Miss. 231. No person is a common carrier in the sense of the law who is not a carrier for hire. A mere gratuity or voluntary gift will not constitute the relation. But it is not necessary that the... | |
 | 1884 - 978 σελίδες
...upon the present occasion. § 67. Jfo one is a common carrier unless for hire. In the next place, I take it to be exceedingly clear that no person is...result. If no hire or recompense is payable ex debito justitiœ, but something is bestowed as a mere gratuity or voluntary gift, then, although the party... | |
 | Iowa. General Assembly - 1884 - 1392 σελίδες
...for refusing to take charge of goods, there must be tendered him a reasonable compensation. Indeed no person is a common carrier in the sense of the law who is not a carrier for hire, and it is the reward which renders him liable. As Lord Coke says : ' The carrier hath his hire, and... | |
 | 1886 - 868 σελίδες
...Bank v. The Nantucket Steamboat Co., 2 Story, 1685, the same learned judge holds this language: "I take it to be exceedingly clear, that no person is...does not receive, or is not entitled to receive, any compensation for his services. If no hire or recompense is payable ex debito justifies, but something... | |
 | Robert Hutchinson - 1891 - 1234 σελίδες
...language : " In the next place, I take it to beexceedingly clear that no person is a common carrier in tho sense of the law who is not a carrier for hire ; that...result. If no hire or recompense is payable ex debito justifies, but something is bestowed as a gratuity or voluntary gift, then, although the party may... | |
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I take it to be exceedingly clear, that no person is a common carrier in the sense of the law, who is not a carrier for hire ; that is, who does not receive, or is not entitled to receive, any recompense for his services. The known definition of a common... 
