Civ. Code, § [2177.] · Article 1. Common Carriers in General [[2168.] - 2178.
Civ. Code, § [2177.]
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Section Twenty-one Hundred and Seventy-seven. A common carrier is not responsible for loss or miscarriage of a letter, or package having the form of a letter, containing money or notes, bills of exchange, or other papers of value, unless he be informed at the time of its receipt of the value of its contents.
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History
Added by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.
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