private carrier
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914)
Definitions from Case Law
From 314 U.S. 104 - Commercial Molasses Corp. v. New York Tank Barge Corp. · 1941Most cited · 778 citing opinions
not an insurer. His undertaking is to exercise due care in the protection of the goods committed to his care and to perform the obligation of his contract including the warranty of seaworthiness when he is a shipowner
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A carrier who is not a common carrier, because he does not hold himself out as ready to carry all persons who may employ him.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
One who agrees in some special case with some private individual to carry for hire, as distinguished from a common carrier who holds himself out to all persons who choose to employ him as ready to carry for hire. Story, Cont. 752 a; Allen v. Sackrider, 37 N. Y. 342. See Cabrier.