Ohio Supreme Court December 15, 1853 (Davidson v. Graham)

Bartley, J.

This suit was instituted to recover damages for the loss of certain goods intrusted to the defendants as common carriers on the Muskingum river. The declaration sets forth an undertaking by the defendants in ordinary and general terms as common carriers and owners of the steamboat “Newark,” to transport the goods and merchandise of the plaintiff from Marietta to Zanesville; avers the