RAILWAY CO. v. STEVENS


95 U.S. 655 (____)

RAILWAY COMPANY v. STEVENS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John Rand for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. C.P. Mattocks, contra.


MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

It is evident that the court below regarded this case as one of carriage for hire, and not as one of gratuitous carriage, and that no sufficient evidence to go to the jury was adduced to show the contrary; and, hence, that under the ruling of this court in Railroad Company v. Lockwood, 17 Wall. 357, it was a case in which the defendant, as a common carrier of passengers...

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