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586. Price of Carriage may be demanded before Goods are received.
587. Freight, what, and how earned.
588. When Carrier is entitled to Lien on the Goods.
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589. When Shipper is bound to Carrier for Freight; — when Consignee.
ART. IX. CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS.
590. Passenger-Carriers on Land. Nature of their Liability.
591. Their Duties in the Commencement of the Journey.
591 a. Obligation to Receive. Relative Rights and Duties.
592. Bound to provide Suitable Vehicles.
593. Bound to provide Careful Drivers.
594. Bound not to overload the Coach.
595. Bound to take care of Luggage.
596. Bound for the Acts of their Servants and Agents.
597. Duties of Passenger-Carriers on the Road.
598. The same subject. Precautions for the Safety of Passengers.
599. Rule of the Road in England. In America. When it may be disregarded.
599 a. Rights of Foot Passengers as to the Road.
600. Duties of Passenger-Carriers at the Termination of the Journey.
601. Liabilities of Passenger-Carriers.
601 a. Presumption of Negligence.
602. The same subject. Reasonable Skill and Diligence only required.
603. Rights of Passenger-Carriers.
604. Passenger-Carrier has a Lien on the Baggage, but not on the Person of
the Passenger.
605. Passenger-Carriers by Water, their Rights, Duties, and Liabilities.
606. New York Regulations for Canal-Boats.
607. Carrier Vessels on the Ocean. Cases of Collision.
608. Four Varieties of Cases of Collision, according to Lord Stowell. First Case.
608 a. Second Case.
608 b. Third Case.
608 c. Fourth Case.
608 d. Limitation of Responsibility as to amount of Damage.
609. Case, where the Fault is Inscrutable.
610. Loss by pure Accident, or by the Act of
God, by whom to be borne.
611. Essential Question in Cases of Collision. Rules of Law as to Precaution.
611 a. Rules of Navigation in General.
611 b. Rules of Navigation by Steamers.
612. American Statute Regulations as to Passenger-Ships.
ART. X. SPECIAL OR QUASI BAILEES FOR HIRE.
613. Cases of Possession of Property by Captors, by Revenue Officers, by
Prize Agents, by Officers of Courts, by Finders, and by Salvors.
614. When Captors are bound for Losses.
615. To what Degree of Diligence Captors are bound.
616. The same subject. Lord Stowell's Opinion.
617. Case, where Goods have been unliveried by Decree of Prize Court.
618. Rules applicable to Goods seized by Revenue Officers.
619. As to Prize Agents, what Principles prevail.
620. Officers of Court, Degree of Diligence to which they are bound.
621. Rule as to Receivers appointed by the Court.
621 a. Finders of Goods, Responsibility of.
622. Salvors, who are regarded as such.
623. Salvors, how far responsible.
624. Loss of Salvage Property, pending a Suit for Compensation, by whom to
be borne.
625. Conclusion.
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