Steidl v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Carver county to recover $200 for breach of contract for the transportation of a carload of potatoes. The action was based upon a written bill of lading as modified by an alleged subsequent parol agreement. The case was tried before Cadwell, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $127.38. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, J.. The facts in this case are as follows: Plaintiff shipped a carload of potatoes from Perham, Minnesota, over the Northern Pacific Railway, consigned to himself at Oskaloosa, Iowa. At the time of the shipment the agent of the Northern Pacific Railway Company issued and deliv*234ered to him the usual bill of lading, which contained no stipulations or directions as to the route over which the car should be forwarded from Minneapolis, the terminus of the Northern Pacific line. To reach Oskaloosa it was necessary that the car be transported from Minneapolis over defendant’s line as far, at…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Snow v. Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railway Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1887
- Ryan v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Atwell v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1857
- Sutherland v. Second National BankCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1880
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- Davis Bros. v. Blue Ridge Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1908