Taylor v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.

Citations

• 74 Ill. 86

Syllabus

<p>1. Agent—cannot bind principal beyond the scope of his agency. An agent of a railroad company, appointed for the purpose of transacting some limited or specified business for the company, cannot bind the company outside of its legitimate business, or make contracts for it which the company never authorized any one to make.</p> <p>2. Same—passenger agent cannot bind principal by contract to look after freight. The agent of a railway company, who is employed for the sole purpose of soliciting passengers to patronize the road of the company, and who is not held out by the company as their agent for any other purpose, has no power to bind the company by a contract to receive freight from another road, and transport it to the depot of, and ship it on the road for which he is such agent.</p> <p>3. Carrier—duty as to freight between connecting Unes. A common carrier by railroad is not bound by law to watch for and ascertain the arrival of freight at the depots or wharves of other common carriers, and transport the same to its own depot, and is not bound by any agreement to do so, made by an agent employed by it for the sole purpose of soliciting passenger business.</p>