Pope v. Wisconsin Central Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action, in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $1,-675 damages for defendant’s failure to furnish cars for the transportation of sheep according to the terms of its contract. The facts are stated in the opinion. The case was tried before Booth, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiffs for $1,550. From an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, it appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
The plaintiffs brought this action in the district court of the county of Hennepin to recover damages sustained by them on account of the breach of an alleged contract of the parties whereby the defendant agreed to furnish cars for the transportation of 2,7 50 sheep from the Twin City Stockyards to Chicago. The complaint alleged, in effect, that on September 18, 1907, the plaintiffs were in possession of 3,679 fat sheep at the stockyards, and requested the defendant to furnish a suitable number of stock cars to ship the sheep the next day over the railway line of the defendant; that the…
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- Cruikshank v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
- Clark v. . Ulster Delaware R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Ecker v. IsaacsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- Ermentrout v. American Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- Wilcox v. Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
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