Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Curtis
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court of Jefferson county. Tried below before Bush, J. The opinion contains a statement of the case. A foreign freight car tendered for shipment is personal property, and a railroad company is required to receive it and haul it the same as any other freight. (Peoria & P. ü.
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Error from the district court of Jefferson county. Tried below before Bush, J. The opinion contains a statement of the case. A foreign freight car tendered for shipment is personal property, and a railroad company is required to receive it and haul it the same as any other freight. (Peoria & P. ü. R. Co. v. Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co., 109 111., 137.) The bralternan assumed the risk of injury from coupling cars coming from another road and having coupling apparatus different from the ordinary car. It was the duty of the company to receive the car. Negligence of a carrier cannot be predicated…
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The defendant in error instituted this action in the district court of Jefferson county to recover damages alleged *446to have resulted from injuries received by him in an attempt to couple together two freight cars of a company other than the plaintiff in error, which were being, or to to be, transported over the line of road or a portion thereof of the plaintiff in error, and which had on them what were known as double deadwoods or buffers. These double deadwoods were of pieces of timber faced with iron, attached on each side of the draw-bar, and extended out from the car as far as the…
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