A. F. Young & Co. v. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent; Barton, J., presiding. Assumpsit by A. F. Young & Company against the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Company for breach of a contract to transport certain potatoes. Judgment for defendant on a directed verdict. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.
On January 2 and 4, 1912, plaintiff loaded and shipped on defendant’s line two carloads of potatoes from Brutus, Emmet county, Michigan, to its agent Joshua A. Cave, at Charleston, S. C. Each car contained 220 sacks, weighing about 165 pounds each, of seed potatoes, known as “Irish Cobblers.” They were raised by farmers near Brutus at so much per bushel, from seed furnished by plaintiff, to be delivered to plaintiff’s agent in Brutus, from whence they were to be shipped by plaintiff for seed on its plantation in South Carolina.
Plaintiff introduced testimony tending to show that the sacks…
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