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Carriers - Ferries - Liability For Automobile Lost In Transit

Michigan Law Review

The plaintiff purchased a ticket for passage on the defendant's ferry and drove his car aboard. During transit, and through no negligence on the part of the defendant, the boat ran upon a stone piling and sank. Held, that the defendant, although a common carrier, had not received and accepted the automobile, and therefore was not subject to insurer's liability. Mercer v. Christiana Ferry Co. (Del. 1930) 155 Atl. 596.