 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 942 pages
...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 as a business, not as a casual occupation pro hoe vice." (Story on Bailments, sec. 495.) Varble, Ac. v. Biglejr. "... | |
 | Joseph Story - Bailments - 1832 - 460 pages
...-it-a*-a -public ejnploymentj he must understake to carry goods for persons generally ; and he must hold himself out as ready to engage in 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 - Constables - 1837 - 614 pages
...exercise it as a public employment ; be 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 as a business, and not as an accidental occupation upon one occasion. Teamsters, draymen, and porters who engage to carry goods... | |
 | John Bouvier - Anglo-Norman dialect - 1843 - 752 pages
...business 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, as a business ; not as a casual occupation pro hoc vice. 1 Salk. 249 ; 1 Bell's Com. 467. 1 Hayw. R. 14; 1 Wend.... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1847 - 556 pages
...exercise it as a common employment; he must undertake to carry goods for persons generally, and he must hold himself out as ready to engage in the transportation...hire as a business, and not as a casual occupation pro hoc vice. [3.] Unavoidable is synonymous with inevitabte, and inevitabte or unavoidabte accident*... | |
 | John Jane Smith Wharton - Law - 1848 - 726 pages
...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 liii i-, as a business, nnt as a casual occupation, ¡im hac vice. A common carrier has, therefore,... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell - Carriers - 1849 - 808 pages
...employment," or, as it has been said, " he must undertake to carry goods for persons generally; and he must hold himself out as ready to engage in the transportation...hire, as a business, and not as a casual occupation pro hac vice." 1 § 69. It was determined in the eighth year of the reign of Anne, that any person... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell - Business & Economics - 1851 - 836 pages
...Jones on Bailm. 103 ; Story on Bailm. § 489, 490. 4 Coggs v. Bernard, Appx. generally ; and he must hold himself out as ready to engage in the transportation...hire, as a business, and not as a casual occupation pro hac vice" 1 § 69. It was determined in the eighth year of the reign of Anne, that any person undertaking,... | |
 | Asa Kinne - Courts - 1852 - 328 pages
...exercise it as a common employment ; he must undertake to carry goods for persons generally, and he must hold himself out as ready to engage in the transportation...hire as a business, and not as a casual occupation, j-ro hac vice. Unavoidable, is synonymous with inevitable, and inevitable or unavoidable accidents... | |
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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,... 
