Legal Opinion

Soper v. Pontiac, Oxford & Northern Railroad

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided June 28, 1897PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Error to Huron; Beach, J. Case by Leander Soper against the Pontiac, Oxford & Northern Railroad Company for injuries to stock shipped over defendant’s road. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.

Plaintiff shipped cattle and sheep over defendant’s road. • Part of the train containing the stock was thrown from the track, some of the animals were killed, and it was claimed others were injured. Plaintiff sued to recover for the value of the.stock killed and the injury done to the others. He recovered a verdict of $133. The defendant appeals.

The only point open to discussion under the exceptions and assignments of error is whether the trial court erred in its disposition of the question of waiver. It is the claim of the defendant that, because of the conditions *444attached to the bill of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Marthinson v. North British & Mercantile InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Towle v. Ionia, Eaton & Barry Farmers' Mutual Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
  3. International Fair & Exposition Ass'n v. WalkerMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
  4. Cobbs v. Fire Ass'nMichigan Supreme Court · 1888
  5. Hibernia Insurance v. O'ConnorMichigan Supreme Court · 1874

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Pacific Coast Co. v. Yukon Independent Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1907
  2. St. Louis S. F. R. Co. v. CopelandSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
  3. Ithaca Roller Mills v. Ann Arbor RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1917

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