Zimmerman v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action iu the district court for Hennepin county to recover $920.-86 for partial loss in a shipment of barley. The case was tried before Jelley, J., who at the close of the testimony directed a verdict in favor of defendants. From an order denying his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
On 'May 31, 1912, a car of barley was weighed by the state weighmaster, and five days thereafter plaintiff delivered the same at Minneapolis to the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co. hereinafter called the Omaha Company, for shipment to himself at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, notify Johnston '& Templeton. However, after being so delivered, the car was, upon plaintiff’s order, held in the railroad yards of Minneapolis until June 13, when it was allowed to go forward. The Omaha Company does not run to Milwaukee, and it delivered the car to the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.,…
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