Minnesota & Dakota Cattle Co. v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Brown county to recover $2,000 damages for breach of contract to transport plaintiff’s cattle to Chicago within thirty hours. The answer alleged the cattle were transported with reasonable care and promptness. The case was tried before Olsen, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of defendant. From orders denying plaintiff’s motions for a new trial it appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJaggaed, J.
Plaintiff and appellant company contended, and introduced testimony tending to show, that defendant orally agreed with it to furnish special cattle trains and to transport certain cattle from Pierre, South Dakota, to Chicago, Illinois, within a period of thirty hours, and guaranteed “a thirty-hour run.” Defendant’s proof tended to show that the only agreement between the parties was in writing, whereby defendant agreed to transport the cattle between said points with reasonable dispatch, and that of this agreement defendant kept one copy and gave the other to the plaintiff. Plaintiff admitted…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Throckmorton v. HoltSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Steinbauer v. StoneSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- Harvey v. Mason City & Fort Dodge RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
- Insurance Co. v. RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
- Donovan v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Lines v. RyanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- Griffin v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1913
- Mathews v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1925
- Watson v. GardnerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1931
- Van Tassel v. PattersonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
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