Roy & Roy v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Morris, J., entered June 23, 1905, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint in an action upon a bill of lading.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
— This action was instituted by the appellant^ Roy & Roy,a corporation, against respondent, Northern Pacific Railway Company, a corporation, upon two certain bills of lading claimed to have been issued by said respondent for two carloads of shingles. The complaint contains two1 causes of action, but as the questions raised thereby are identical, we will state the first cause only. The complaint, for the first cause of aetion, alleges, that on November 23, 1903, the respondent, through its agent at Ravensdale, Washington, issued and delivered to one W. J. Doucett a certain bill of lading,…
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