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" 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.... "
An Essay on the Law of Bailments - Page xviii
by William Jones - 1804 - 265 pages
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An Abridgment of the Modern Determinations in the Courts of Law ..., Volumes 1-6

Law - 1791 - 718 pages
...¡fi bailiff * nuftcr of а Пир, &c. intruited to carrv goods, aeainll all events n factor " ' Î3 but acts of God, and of the enemies of the king ; for though the force be never fo great, as if an irrefiftible multitude of people ihould bbed rob him, neverthelefs he is chargeable...
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The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports of Cases in the ...

Law reports, digests, etc - 1869 - 1032 pages
...whatever happens ; in the words of Lord Holt, "he is bound to answer for the goods, at all events." Again, "The law charges this person thus intrusted to carry...events but acts of God and of the enemies of the King": and this broad obligation renders it unnecessary to import into the contract a special warranty of...
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Chitty's Treatise on Pleading and Parties to Actions ..., Book 383, Volume 2

Joseph Chitty - Forms (Law) - 1844 - 808 pages
...transport from place to place for hire the goods of such persons as think proper to employ him, and the law charges this person, thus intrusted to carry goods, against all events, but the acts of God and the queen's enemies; for though the force be never so great, as if an irresistible...
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A Treatise of the Law Relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen: In Five Parts

Charles Abbott (Baron Tenterden) - Maritime law - 1846 - 1088 pages
...says, " The law charges the person (viz. common carrier, hoyman, master of a ship,) thus entrusted to carry goods, against all events but acts of God and of the kirig's enemies ; " so that a common carrier is an insurer against all perils or losses not within...
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A Treatise on the Law of Carriers of Goods and Passengers, by Land and by Water

Joseph Kinnicut Angell - Carriers - 1849 - 808 pages
...mentioned, and in giving the reasons for it. " The law (says he) charges this person (the carrier), thus intrusted to carry goods, against all events, but acts of God and enemies of the king. For, though the force he never so great, as if an irresistible multitude of people...
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Commentaries on the Law of Bailments: With Illustrations from the Civil and ...

Joseph Story - Bailments - 1851 - 732 pages
...Lord Holt for this doctrine is as follows ; " The law," says he, " charges this person, (the carrier,) thus intrusted to carry goods, against all events,...enemies of the king. For, though the force be never 1 Code Civil of France, art. 1782, 1784, 1952, 1953, 1954 ; Ellitt v. Rossell, 10 Johns. R. 1. 2 Jones...
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A Treatise on the Law of Carriers of Goods and Passengers, by Land and by Water

Joseph Kinnicut Angell - Business & Economics - 1851 - 836 pages
...mentioned, and in giving the reasons for it. " The law (says he) charges this person (the carrier,) thus intrusted to carry goods, against all events, but acts of God and enemies of the king. For, though the force be never so great, as if an irresistible multitude of people...
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The Shipping-laws of the British Empire: Consisting of Park on Marine ...

George Atkinson - Insurance law - 1854 - 430 pages
...employment, says, " The law charges the person (viz. common carrier, hoyman, master of a ship) thus entrusted to carry goods, against all events but acts of God and of the king's enemies ;" so that a common carrier is an insurer against all perils or losses not within the...
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The Law Reports: Court of Queen's Bench, Volume 2

William Mills (barrister-at-law.), Henry Holroyd, E. A. C. Schalch, Arthur Wilson, Great Britain. Court of Queen's Bench - Bail - 1867 - 734 pages
...The law charges this person, thus entrusted to carry goods, against all events but acts of God and the enemies of the king. For though the force be never so great, as if an unreasonable number of people should rob him, nevertheless he is chargeable. And this is a politic...
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