Schlosser v. Great Northern Railway Co.
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of Grand Forks county; Chas. F. Templeton, J. Action by George Schlosser against the Great Northern Railway-Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, and from an order denying a. motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of Grand Forks county; Chas. F. Templeton, J. Action by George Schlosser against the Great Northern Railway-Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, and from an order denying a. motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial, defendant appeals. One intrusted by the owner to ship goods is presumed to have authority to sign terms of shipment. 1 Hutchinson, Carr. § 457; Armstrong v. Chicago, M. & St. P. R. Co. 53 Minn. 183, 54 N. W. 1059; California Powder Works v. Atlantic & P. R. Co. 113 Cal. 329, 36 L.R.A. 648, 45 Pac. 691. The owner of…
1Opinion of the CourtCarmody, J.
This is an action brought by plaintiff in the district court of Grand Forks county for damages caused by the loss of three horses shipped over the defendant’s railway. Verdict was directed at the trial for plaintiff; and from an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and in the alternative for a new trial, and from the judgment entered, the defendant appeals.
The plaintiff, in the fall of 1907, shipped twenty-two horses from ■Hunter, North Dakota, to Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to the firm of Sutton & Mackey, over the defendant’s line. Sutton & Mackey were…
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