Supreme Court of the United States November 27, 1876, 76 (Bank of Kentucky v. Adams Express Co.)

Mr. Justice Strong

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendants in each of these cases are an express company, engaged in the business of- carrying for hire money, goods, and parcels, from one locality to another. In the transaction of their business they employ the railroads, steamboats, and other public conveyances' of the country.