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THE MAJESTIC

No. 168.

166 U.S. 375 (1897)

17 S.Ct. 597

41 L.Ed. 1039

THE MAJESTIC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 29, 1897.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederick W. Whitridge and Mr. Willard Parker Butler for libellants.

Mr. Everett P. Wheeler for steamship company.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

By the contract in this case, the steamship company agreed, to land libellants with their luggage at the port of New York, and none of the alleged exceptions or conditions were referred to therein. They were notices and nothing more, and it cannot be held as matter of law, that, whether they were regulations for the conduct of business or limitations upon common law obligations,...

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