Dyer v. Great Northern Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, the Great Northern Eailway Company, from an order of the Municipal Court of the city of St. Paul, Twohy, J., made February 23, 1892, denying its application for a new trial of the action.
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Appeal by defendant, the Great Northern Eailway Company, from an order of the Municipal Court of the city of St. Paul, Twohy, J., made February 23, 1892, denying its application for a new trial of the action. The plaintiffs W. J. Dyer & Brothers, at Minneapolis, on April 28, 1891, sold to Michael Colwell of Anoka, Minnesota, a piano of the value of $275. To secure the payment of $175, part of the purchase price, Colwell gave plaintiffs his note, with the agreement attached that the title and ownership of the piano should not pass to him until the note should be paid. This note and agreement…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
Plaintiffs were the consignors, one Colwell the consignee, and defendant the common carrier, of a piano shipped from Minneapolis to Anoka over its line of railway. When the instrument was delivered to defendant for carriage its agent gave the usual bill of lading to plaintiffs, and this was immediately transmitted by them to Colwell, the consignee. Soon after its arrival at Anoka, and before Colwell had the opportunity to remove it from the depot, the piano was destroyed by fire. Thereupon Colwell made a claim upon defendant for its value, producing the bill of lading and an invoice, from…
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