...mandatum, laying down the degrees of care required in, and the liability attendant upon, each kind. to the bailee, those cases are of two sorts : either...and he is to have a reward, he is bound to answer for the goods at all events. And this is the case of the common carrier, common hoyman, master of a...

...for such his work or carriage, which is this present case. . . . As to the fifth sort of bailment, viz., a delivery to carry or otherwise manage, for...two sorts; either a delivery to one that exercises a publick employment, or a delivery to a private person. First if it be to a person of the first sort,...

...common law. In Coggs v. Bernard, the leading case on the subject of bailments. Chief Justice HOLT, in his celebrated judgment, says: "As to the fifth...or otherwise manage for a reward to be paid to the bailer, those cases are of two sorts : either a delivery to one that exercises a public employment,...