The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-27 00:00:00

OP MAMMAS' COMPANIES.

COMPANY.

This was an scion to recover the value of the oontentr of
• hag, consisting of 4001. and some other property, and
which had been last at the Waterloo Station. The cue was
I tried before Mr. Justice Mauls at Kingston, and the verdict
was der the plaintiff for the usenet claimed. In the course
al the present term, however, a rule was obtaised to enter
• noutut, and to-day cause was shown against that rule
being made absolute.
Mr. If. Cambers, Q.C., and Mr. Lash, appeared to
show came, sad 11r. &rill to support the rule.
The faces of the um were shortly thew. The plaintiff
bemuse • peimager from the Perukes Stades to London,
socl hi bisaia mulled of a large trunk whirl was put
Waft theme yea, and of the hag M quefisa, which he
seeded rah life in the gastiage. When he arrived at the
Wateethe NOM, the Mink was placed by his direction on
Meiteena lad be MOW by it trying to get a eab. One
althlf•Weinvoice down Boding that he wanted a
eell, brag Wok the bog eat of his hand, but with his tor
sat, soil ran with it to And • Gab, and having
found ma, be placed the bag oe the footboard, and west to
fetch the plaintiff.' When they ,tuned, however, the
beg could not be found, sail lead sever since been heard
of. trader them circumstances, the question raised was,
whether there we any evidence to go to the jury of tie
company's liability in this action ? or, in other words,
whether the judge ought not to have directed a nonsuit at
the trial ? On the part of the plaintiff, it was submitted
that the Senility of the company was not at an end until
the passenger and their luggage were safely out of thi
station or at all events, until they sad their I were
safely placed in other °caveman. On the other d, it
was contended that the company had completed their con-
tract when they conveyed the plaintiff; with the beg in his
band, in safety on to the platform at the Waterloo station;
and that if he parted with the beg after that, be must bear
an consequences that might arise from his so doing.
The Chief Julia said that be had been impressed, la the
early part of the diseusioo, with the anion that
there lad been a perfect delivery at the Waterloo
matron, and that the plaintiff must bear the caner
of what Met gime etherwarde. Oa consideration,
fewrcr, Its thought OM that was sot so. It had been dr
Meg in 6, Mahar& v. the Brighton and South Coast Ren-
a/ Oompolig" that the company was bound to deliver in
s• aamay Mods, and that the carrying of the luggage by
aora.„. NNW igawrime we the delivery contracted
M, , the alma et emythisg to the contrary. Although
that was the ordinary snangsment, yet the passeager
might by aummat take something siert of that, sad It wee
psmMNo that in thh MN there bed been a delivery short of
thei, but that mee • quaithe the the jary. The plaintiff
tree Mimi m the plalthem with his hog is his
Mirk bat trustiest bs said that the tee not intend leaven
himself of the entlimey NUM, of the comapany le convey
his beg as well as le truth loth* cab, and therefore the or-
dinary rule mot peerelli
_ass tad mut deliver the
bag ia the mud war. This a* beta Ilse, thus ,
was as fears,d gma the mart bilog *kiss that there
hag beta O &Awn he *eight Sat tie Mee wee,
Ivoisnie bill dews ia lifelwarle v. the
eel• Oast Ilihroy." end that the rule err
amen mai le aisebeesed.
dielmegol. •

aims simermouria unarm
IN ID ADDIT.

TM bosauspt, Hoary Markindold Adday, s bookseller
mid publisher, of Old Boad-stroot, applied for his certifi-
cate. His misoarod debts tiers 4,1161.; swum& ditto,
4,991 L : Ilebahlso, 2.8471. The wets had realised &boat
10s. is tits posed.
11. r. Beast fur ths bankrupt, applied for • int slams sor-1
tigtossizeizas &minutia( tie failaro to aladinam of trade mums-1
siosod the war.
Mr. , Sir the asst rise, espoused Omit willagness
that • fisst- sactillaato shield be Flutist.
Rio Kosovo sossurrod, and granted the lams accordingly.