 | John Bouvier - Law - 1883 - 870 pages
...passengers are such us undertake for hire to carry all persons indifferently who may apply for pussage, so long as there is room, and there is no legal excuse for refusing. Thompson, Curriers of Passengers, 26, n. § 1 ; 11 Allen, 804; 19 Wend. 239; 10 NH 486; 15 111. 472;... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1918 - 1214 pages
...Commentaries, 598. In volume 1, at page 3, Mitchle on Carriers, it is said: "A common carrier of passengers is one who undertakes, for hire, to carry all persons indifferently who may apply for passage." In volume 1, Moore on Carriers, at section 4, the author says: "A private carrier is one who agrees,... | |
 | Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson - Railroad law - 1891 - 758 pages
...public or common carrier of passengers. "A common carrier of passengers," says Judge THOMPSON, " is one who undertakes, for hire, to carry all persons indifferently who may apply for passage. Railroad companies, the owners of ships, ferries, omnibuses, street cars, and stage coaches are usually... | |
 | John Lewis - Corporation law - 1892 - 846 pages
...CARRIERS. OF PASSENGERS. 1. Who are eammon, carriers of passengers. A common carrier of passengers is one who undertakes for hire to carry all persons indifferently...is room, and there is no legal excuse for refusing. Gillingham v. Ohio River R. Co. (\V. Va.), 330. 2. One riding in car presumed to be a pissenger. Every... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 1128 pages
...EMPLOIES— LIABILITIES — FALSE IMPRISONMENT вт CONDUCTOR. i. A common carrier of passengers is one who undertakes for hire to carry all persons indifferently who may apply for passage, ro long as there is room, and there Is no legal excuse for refusing. 3. Every one riding in a railroad... | |
 | John Davison Lawson - Bailments - 1895 - 780 pages
...Carrier Owes Duty. § 217. Who are Common Carriers of Passengers. — A common carrier of passengers is one who undertakes for hire to carry all persons indifferently who may apply for passage. To constitute one a common carrier, it is necessary that he should hold himself out as such. This may... | |
 | Law - 1896 - 414 pages
...hold him to the same liability. But is this comparison correct? "A common carrier of passengers is one who undertakes for hire to carry all persons indifferently who may apply for passage. To constitute one common carrier, it is necessary that he should hold himself out as such. This may... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1897 - 878 pages
...and recover from the carrier as for a total loss. Common carriers of passengers are such as undertake to carry all persons, indifferently, who may apply...as there is room and there is no legal excuse for refusiug. Passengers may be excluded fox cause, as being druiik and disorderly, affected with a contagious... | |
 | Norman Fetter - Carriers - 1897 - 888 pages
...Passenger Elevators. § 2O2. COMMON CARRIER OF PASSENGERS DEFINED. A common carrier of passengers is one who undertakes for hire to carry all persons, indifferently, who may apply for passage.i To constitute one a common carrier, it is necessary that he should hold himself out to the... | |
 | David Shephard Garland, James Cockcroft, Lucius Polk McGehee, Charles Porterfield - Law - 1898 - 1206 pages
...Carriers, (2d ed. 1880) i. A Common Carrier of Passengers is one who undertakes for hire to carry persons who may apply for passage, so long as there is room and there is no legal excuse for refusing.1 It has been said that a person who conveys passengers only is not a common carrier,* but... | |
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One who undertakes for hire to carry all persons indifferently who may apply for passage, so long as there is room and there is no legal excuse for refusal. 
