---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 U.S.C. § 57"
title: "45"
title_heading: "Railroads"
number: "57"
heading: "Who included in term “common carrier”"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/45/57"
units:
  - "Chapter 2 — Liability for Injuries to Employees"
---

# §57. Who included in term “common carrier”


The term “common carrier” as used in this chapter shall include the receiver or receivers or other persons or [corporations](/usc/45/702.md?p=5) charged with the duty of the management and operation of the business of a common carrier.


## Source credit

(Apr. 22, 1908, ch. 149, § 7, 35 Stat. 66.)