Excerpt from A Treatise on the Contracts of Common Carriers: With Special Reference to Such as Seek to Limit Their Liability at Common Law, by Means of Bills of Lading, Express Receipts, Railroad Tickets, Baggage Checks, Etc The fact that at the present day the transportation either of goods or passengers is seldom undertaken except under a contract exempting the Carrier from a part if not all of his common law liabilities, presents a sufficient reason for the appearance of this book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.