[643] Redfield on Railways, vol. ii. p. 303; Railway Co. v. Barron, 5 Wall, 90; Ayles v. S. E. Rw., L. R., 3 Ex. 146; Birkett v. Whitehaven Junction Rw., 4 H. & N. 730; Sprague v. Smith, 29 Verm. 421, was an exceptional case.
[644] Wright v. Midland Rw., L. R., 8 Ex. 137.
[645] Mytton v. Midland Rw., 4 H. & N. 615; Great Western Rw. v. Blake, 7 H. & N. 987, Ex. Ch.; Weed v. Saratoga Rw., 19 Wend. 534.
[646] Latch v. Rimmer Rw., 27 L. J., Ex. 155; see also, Cunningham v. Grand Trunk Rw., 31 U. C. Q. B. 350; Curtis v. Rochester & Syracuse Rw., 18 N. Y. 534; Tennery v. Pippinger, 1 Phila. 543; Thayer v. St. Louis, A. & T. H. Rw., 22 Ind. 26; Pitts., Ft. Wayne, & Chicago Rw. v. Maurer, 21 Ohio, N. S. 421.
[647] Goldey v. Penn. Rw., 30 Penn. St. 242.
[648] Buxton v. Northeastern Rw., L. R., 3 Q. B. 549.
CHAPTER XV.
BAGGAGE AGAIN.
Epistolary Model.—Dog lost.—Quitting a Moving Car.—When Liability for Luggage commences.—Goods of Third Party.—Left in the Car.—Baggage lost.—English Rule.—Limited Liability.—Personal Luggage, what it is.—Watch.—Rings.—Pistol.- Railroad Porter.—Hotel ’Bus.—Tools and Pocket Pistols.—Fiddles and Merchandise.—Farewell.
My Dear Wife,—
Your letter announcing your safe arrival at M——, if, indeed, you can be said to have arrived safely, considering all that befell you, made me happy this A. M. The tale of your disasters was really quite amusing, and I have passed some of my lonely hours most agreeably considering the law on the various points.