The contract of carriage is a contract for the conveyance of property, persons, or messages, from one place to another.
CarriageCarriage in General
Section § 2085
A contract of carriage is an agreement to transport goods, people, or information from one location to another.
contract of carriage transportation agreement conveyance of property
Section § 2086
This law simply categorizes carriage into two types: inland or marine. Basically, it defines whether transportation is happening on land or by water.
Carriage is either:
1. Inland; or,
2. Marine.
inland carriage marine carriage transportation types
Section § 2087
This law distinguishes between two types of carriers. Those that operate on the ocean and its extensions are called marine carriers, while all other carriers are considered inland carriers.
Carriers upon the ocean and upon arms of the sea are marine carriers. All others are inland carriers.
marine carriers inland carriers ocean transport
Section § 2088
This law states that the special rights and responsibilities of sea carriers are determined by federal laws passed by Congress.
Rights and duties peculiar to carriers by sea are defined by Acts of Congress.
carriers by sea sea transport federal law
Section § 2089
People or companies that transport goods or passengers for free must follow the same rules as workers who provide services without getting paid unless this section of the law states otherwise.
Carriers without reward are subject to the same rules as employGs without reward, except so far as is otherwise provided by this Title.
carriers without reward employees without reward transportation without payment
Section § 2090
If someone is transporting goods or people for free, once they start the job, they have to finish it just as if they were getting paid, unless they put the person or goods back in the same condition or place as before they started.
A carrier without reward, who has begun to perform his undertaking, must complete it in like manner as if he had received a reward, unless he restores the person or thing carried to as favorable a position as before he commenced the carriage.
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