Mr. Justice FIELD delivered the opinion of the court. The right of a common carrier to limit his responsibility by special contract has long been the settled law in England. It was the subject of frequent adjudication in her courts, and had there ceased to be a controverted point before the passage of the Carrier’s Act of 1830. In this…
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