H. G. Angle & Co. v. Mississippi & Missouri R. R.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from ¡Scott District Court. Action for the non-delivery of goods, received by the defendants, as common carriers, to be transported and delivered according to contract. ■ The first count alleges that defendants,- on 21st January, 1858, as common carriers, received twenty-three boxes, three bales; and three barrels of goods, of the value of ten thousand dollars, which, for a reasonable reward to be paid, they undertook to carry from Muscatine to Iowa City, and deliver…
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Appeal from ¡Scott District Court. Action for the non-delivery of goods, received by the defendants, as common carriers, to be transported and delivered according to contract. ■ The first count alleges that defendants,- on 21st January, 1858, as common carriers, received twenty-three boxes, three bales; and three barrels of goods, of the value of ten thousand dollars, which, for a reasonable reward to be paid, they undertook to carry from Muscatine to Iowa City, and deliver in like good order and condition, which they failed to do. The second count, or rather the several succeeding counts,…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodward, J.
The written receipts, of which a copy is given in the statement, together with the agency of Dill, were admitted, and it is not necessary to state the details of formal proof, further than this. The leading questions of the case were whether the defendants’ duty was to carry to Cedar Rapids, or to Iowa City; and whether they delivered the goods to an unauthorized agent of the plaintiffs. The defendants carried the goods to Iowa City, and there delivered a small portion of them to a wagoner of the plaintiffs to transport to Cedar Rapids, and the remainder were delivered to the forwarding house…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ostrander v. Brown & StaffordNew York Supreme Court · 1818
3Cited by15 opinions
- McMillan v. Mich. S. & N. I. R. R.Michigan Supreme Court · 1867
- Mulligan v. Illinois Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1873
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. JohnsonNebraska Supreme Court · 1895
- Angle v. Mississippi & Missouri RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
- Beard & Sons v. St. Louis, Alton & Terbe Haute Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1890
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