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Page 91 - Every such company as aforesaid shall be liable for the loss of or for any injury done to any horses, cattle, or other animals, or to any articles, goods, or things, in the receiving, forwarding, or delivering thereof, occasioned by the neglect or default of such company or its servants...
Page 81 - ... limiting such liability, every such notice, condition, or declaration being hereby declared to be null and void : Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the said companies from making such conditions with respect to the receiving, forwarding and delivering of any of the said animals, articles, goods, or things, as shall be adjudged by the Court or Judge before whom any question relating thereto shall be tried, to be just and reasonable...
Page 82 - Person sending or delivering the same to such Company shall, at the Time of such Delivery, have declared them to be respectively of higher Value than as above mentioned ; in which Case it shall be lawful for such Company to demand and receive by way of Compensation for the increased Risk and Care thereby occasioned a reasonable Per-centage upon the Excess of the Value so declared above the respective Sums so limited as aforesaid, and which shall be paid in addition to the ordinary Rate of Charge...
Page 237 - ... and in case of an equal division of votes the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.
Page 81 - ... silks in a manufactured or unmanufactured state, and whether wrought up or not wrought up with other materials...
Page 81 - ... or property of the descriptions following ; (that is to say,) gold or silver coin of this realm or of any foreign state, or any gold or silver in a manufactured or unmanufactured state, or any precious stones, jewellery, watches, clocks, or time-pieces of any description, trinkets, bills, notes of the governor and company of the banks of England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively, or of any other bank...
Page 91 - ... that no greater damages shall be recovered for the loss of or for any injury done to any of such animals beyond the sums hereinafter mentioned ; (that is to say), for any horse, 50/. ; for any neat cattle...
Page 82 - ... no special contract, between such company and any other parties respecting the receiving, forwarding, or delivering of any animals, articles, goods, or things as aforesaid shall be binding upon or affect any such party unless the same be signed by him or by the person delivering such animals, articles, goods, or things respectively for carriage...
Page 81 - Provided also, that no special contract between such company and any other parties respecting the receiving, forwarding, or delivering...
Page 81 - Nature on the Outside of the Package, containing the same, or otherwise giving Notice in Writing to the Book-keeper or other...