What is CARRIER? Definition of CARRIER in Black's Law Dictionary – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
One undertaking to transport persons or property, Windham v. Pace, 192 S.E. 271, 6S.E.2d 270, 274; or one employed in or engaged in the business of carrying goods for others for hire. Roeske v. Lamb, 39 N.M. 111, 41 P.2d 522, 523.
In common speech, "carriers" means transportation systems as distinguished from corporations owning or operating them. Virginian Ry. Co. v. Mullens, 271 U.S. 220, 46 S.Ct. 526, 529, 70 L.Ed. 915. And this is its meaning as used in the Federal Control Act, § 10. Missouri Pac. R. Co. v. Ault, 256 U.S. 554, 41 S.Ct. 593, 65 L.Ed. 1087; Birmingham Trust & Savings Co. v. Atlanta, B. & A. Ry. Co., D.C.Ga., 271 F. 731, 739 (Transportation Act). An electric railway that is part of the "general steam-railroad system" is a "carrier" subject to the Railway Labor Act, Sprague v. Woll, C.C.A.I11., 124 F.2d 767, 769.
A school bus acts as a "carrier." Leach v. School Dist. No. 322 of Thurston County, 197 Wash. 384, 85 P.2d 666,
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Carriers are either common or private. Standard Oil Co. v. Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, 217 Wis. 563, 259 N.W. 598.
Common carriers are those that hold themselves out or undertake to carry persons or goods of all persons indifferently, or of all who choose to employ it, Merchants Parcel Delivery v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. 150 Pa. Super. 120, 28 A.2d 340, 344; Burnett v. Riter, Tex.Civ. App., 276 S.W. 347, 349; or those whose occupation or business is transportation of persons or things for hire or reward, In re Rodgers, Neb., 279 N.W. 800, 803, 804.
Common carriers of passengers are those that undertake to carry all persons indifferently who may apply for passage, so long as there is room, and there is no legal excuse for refusal. Lazor v. Banas, 114 Pa.Super. 425, 174 A. 817, 819; Anderson v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York, 100 Misc. 411, 166 N.Y.S. 640, 642.
Private carriers are those who transport or undertake to transport in a particular instance for hire or reward. Allen v. Sackrider, 37 N.Y. 341; Columbus-Cincinnati Trucking Co. v. Public Utilities Commission, 141 Ohio St. 228, 47 N.E.2d 623; 625. 626. For "Extension", see that title.
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