Express company
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A firm or corporation engaged in the business of transporting parcels or other movable property, in the capacity of common carriers, and especially undertaking the safe carriage and speedy delivery of small but valuable packages of goods and money.
Alsop v. Southern Exp. Co., 104 N. C7278, 10 S. E. 207, 6 L. R. A. 271; Pfis-ter v. Central Pac. Ry. Co.., 70 Cal. 169, 11 Pac. 686, 59 Am. Rep. 404.