George B. Higgins & Co. v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Two actions in the district court for Hennepin county, one to recover $1,032.61 for damage to a shipment of potatoes over defendant’s road to New Orleans, Louisiana, and the other to recover for damage to two shipments to St. Louis, Missouri.
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Two actions in the district court for Hennepin county, one to recover $1,032.61 for damage to a shipment of potatoes over defendant’s road to New Orleans, Louisiana, and the other to recover for damage to two shipments to St. Louis, Missouri. The actions were tried together before Molyneaux, J., who at the close of the testimony denied defendant’s motions for directed verdicts, and directed a verdict in one case for the plaintiff, and a jury which returned verdicts aggregating $1,630.74. From an order denying its motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for new trials, defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
These eases, tried together in the court below, originally involved 18 causes of action, each for damages to a carload of potatoes. Only three of the'causes of action are involved on this appeal, the others having been disposed of. Two of the three causes of action concern shipments of potatoes from St. Paul to St. Louis, the other a shipment from St. ■ Paul to New Orleans. The St. Louis shipments involve the same questions, the New Orleans shipment different questions.
First, as to the facts in regard to the St. Louis shipments. Plaintiff *404buys potatoes in Minnesota and ships in carload lots…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Moon v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Brennisen v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Presley Fruit Co. v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Shea v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- B. Presley Co. v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
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- McNeill & Scott Co. v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1923
- Howe v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1928
- Sutton v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1946
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