Hackney Carriages
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Carriages plying for hire in the street. The driver is liable for negligently losing baggage; 2 C. 13, 877; Masterson v. Short, 33 How. Pr. (N. Y.) 481. They are usually regulated in large cities by statute or ordinance; 17 & 18 Viet, c.
86; Com. v. Matthews, 122 Mass. 60.
See Highways; Railroads.