BANK OF KENTUCKY v. ADAMS EX. CO.


93 U.S. 174 (____)

BANK OF KENTUCKY v. ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY. PLANTERS' NATIONAL BANK OF LOUISVILLE v. ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John M. Harlan for the plaintiffs in error.

Mr. G.C. Wharton for the defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE STRONG delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendants in each of these cases are an express company, engaged in the business of carrying for hire money, goods, and parcels, from one locality to another. In the transaction of their business they employ the railroads, steamboats, and other public conveyances of the country. These conveyances are not owned by them, nor are they subject to their control, any more...

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