Gates v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court of Merrick county. Tried below before Sullivan, J. A statement of the case appears in the opinion.
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Error from the district court of Merrick county. Tried below before Sullivan, J. A statement of the case appears in the opinion. In argument reference was made to the following authorities : On the first proposition discussed in the first paragraph of the opinion: Tootle v. Maben, 21 Neb., 618; Easterly v. Van Slyhe, 21 Neb., 611; Newton Wagon Co. v. Diers, 10 Neb., 284; Turner v. O’Brien, 11 Neb., 108; Steele v. Russell, 5 Neb., 211; Smith v. Evans, 13 Neb., 314. On the second point in the first paragraph of the opinion: Shepherd v. Lanfear, 25 Am. Dec. [La.], 181; Russell v. Livingston, 16…
1Opinion of the Court
Ragan, C.
Leroy H. Gates sued the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Company (hereinafter called the “ railway company ”) in the district court of Merrick county. Gates alleged as his cause of action against the railway company that on the 10th day of October, 1894, he delivered to it at Omaha, Nebraska, a car load of potatoes belonging to him, of the value of $513 ; that the railway company, for a consideration, undertook to safely and securely carry the car of potatoes to Bradshaw, Nebraska, and there deliver them to one A. B. Warrell, who was then and there his, Gates’, agent; that the…
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