Rappaport v. Stockdale

Plaintiff, a dealer in secondhand automobile parts, telephoned appellant, engaged in the business of transporting goods within the city of Minneapolis, to move about 1,500 pounds of dismantled automobile engines and parts from down town to his place of business at 312 Plymouth avenue. Appellant sent an automobile-van with driver to the place desired, and plaintiff and his servant, assisted by the driver, loaded the parts to be moved. Plaintiff then got into the van, as he says, to see that nothing was lost on the way. As the van, driven north on Third street, approached Plymouth avenue, a…