 The law charges this person thus intrusted to carry goods, against all events but acts of God, and of the enemies of the king. For though the force be never so great, as if an irresistible multitude of people should rob him, nevertheless he is chargeable....  Term Reports in the Court of King's Bench - Page 29by Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Charles Durnford - 1817Full view - About this book
 | John Indermaur - Common law - 1876 - 530 pages
...the reason on which this rule is founded has been stated with regard to carriers as follows : — " This is a politic establishment contrived by the policy of the la-w for the safety of all persons, the necessity of whose affairs oblige them to trust these sort of persons,... | |
 | Great Britain. High Court of Justice. Common Pleas Division - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 584 pages
...person thus intrusted to carry goods against all events but acts of God and of the enemies of the King. For though the force be never so great, as if an irresistible...politic establishment contrived by the policy of the law for the safety of all persons, the necessity of whose affairs obliges them to trust these sorts of... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1878 - 542 pages
...person thus intrusted to carry goods against all events but acts of God and of the enemies of the King. For though the force be never So great, as if an irresistible...politic establishment contrived by the policy of the law for the safety of all persons, the necessit} 7 of whose affairs oblige them to trust these sorts of... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 680 pages
...order, are not in this sense classed as public enemies. Though the force by which the carrier be opposed be never so great, as if an irresistible multitude of people should rob him, he is nevertheless chargeable. Pirates upon the high seas, however, stand as an exception to this rule.... | |
 | James Thomas Foard - Freight and freightage - 1880 - 678 pages
...person thus entrusted to carry goods, against all events but acts of God and of the enemies of the king. For though the force be never so great, as if an irresistible...people should rob him, nevertheless he is chargeable " 2 Mr. Justice Brett's judgment is in consonance with this,3 and indeed does not limit the liability... | |
 | James Schouler - Bailments - 1880 - 774 pages
...enemies, though the force be never so great, or even though he were robbed by an irresistible multitude: "And this is a politic establishment, contrived by the policy of the law for the safety of all persons the necessity of whose affairs obliges them to trust these sorts of persons,... | |
 | Nathaniel Cleveland Moak - Law reports, digests, etc - 1882 - 936 pages
...person thus intrusted to carr}' goods against all events but acts of God and of the enemies of the King. For though the force be never so great, as if an irresistible...politic establishment contrived by the policy of the law for the safety of all pei-sons, the necessity of whose affairs obliges them to trust these sorts of... | |
 | John Hutton Balfour Browne - Carriers - 1883 - 818 pages
...thus intrusted, to carry goods against all events but the acts of God and the enemies of the king. For though the force be never so great, as if an irresistible...politic establishment contrived by the policy of the law for the safety of all persons, the necessity of whose affairs obliges them to trust this sort of persons,... | |
 | Edmund B. Ivatts - Carriers - 1883 - 1168 pages
...goods against all events but acts of God and the enemies of the King. For though the force be ever so great, as if an irresistible multitude of people should rob him, nevertheless he is chargeable.' Carriers might have an opportunity of undoing all persons that had any dealings with them by combining... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 1168 pages
...thus intrusted to carry goods, against all events, but acts of God, and of the enemies of the king. For, though the force be never so great, as if an...establishment, contrived by the policy of the law, for the safety of all persons, the necessity of whose affairs oblige them to trust these sorts of persons,... | |
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