Duncan v. Great Northern Railway Co.
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Rolette County; Cowan, J. Action by William A. Duncan against the Great Northern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. (Revised Codes 1905, section 5690, imposing liability on carrier for shipper’s fault is unconstitutional. ¡Hutchinson on Carriers, sections 265, 328; Van Zile on Carriers, section 478; Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Edins, 83 S. W. 253; Goodman v. Ore. Ry. Co., 28 Pac. 894; Cottrell v. Union Pac. Ry.
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Appeal from District Court, Rolette County; Cowan, J. Action by William A. Duncan against the Great Northern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. (Revised Codes 1905, section 5690, imposing liability on carrier for shipper’s fault is unconstitutional. ¡Hutchinson on Carriers, sections 265, 328; Van Zile on Carriers, section 478; Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Edins, 83 S. W. 253; Goodman v. Ore. Ry. Co., 28 Pac. 894; Cottrell v. Union Pac. Ry. Co., 21 Pac. 416; O. R. & N. Co. v. Smalley, 23 Pac. 1008; Birmingham Mineral Ry. Co. v. Parsons, 27 L. R. A. 263; Wadsworth v. Union…
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
This is an appeal from an order denying a motion for a new trial made by-the judge of the district court for and within Rolette county. Plaintiff brought this action to recover for the loss of 9,385 pounds of flax shipped by him over defendant’s railway line from Rolla, N. D., to Duluth, Minn. The defendant denied the allegations of the complaint, and alleged that the loss occurred wholly through the negligence of the plaintiff in not properly loading the car, and in not properly securing and fastening the doors thereof, and that defendant was in no way to blame therefor. A verdict was…
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