Sections
6 entriesSection 2085Defines a contract of carriage as a contract to convey property, persons, or messages from one place to another. Establishes that movement…Section 2086Defines carriage as falling into one of two statutory categories: inland carriage or marine carriage. The provision classifies carriage using those two…Section 2087Defines carriers operating upon the ocean or arms of the sea as marine carriers and classifies all other carriers as inland carriers.…Section 2088Establishes that Acts of Congress define the rights and duties that are peculiar to carriers by sea. Makes those federal enactments the…Section 2089Establishes that carriers providing carriage without reward are governed by the same rules that apply to employments without reward, except where this…Section 2090Requires a carrier without reward, who has begun to perform his undertaking, to complete it in like manner as if he had…