Stephen H. Condict, Respondents v. the Grand Trunk Railway Company, Appellant

Summary

The Court affirmed the judgment for the plaintiffs, holding that the Grand Trunk Railway, as a common carrier, was liable for the loss of goods destroyed by fire after an unreasonable delay. The carrier's contractual clause limiting liability after reaching its terminus did not apply because it had expressly contracted to carry the goods beyond its own road, and the exemption for fire did not protect the carrier when the fire resulted from its own negligence.