Goodman v. O. R. & N. Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
Multnomah county: E. D. Shattuck, Judge. Defendant appeals. This action is founded upon two counts for damages to two lots of goods alleged to have been shipped over the defendant’s line, one lot marked “S. W. Miller,” and another lot marked “ H. D.,” the value of the S. W. Miller lot being charged at one thousand four hundred and eight dollars and twenty-nine cents, and that of the H. D. lot as of the value of two thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars and…
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Multnomah county: E. D. Shattuck, Judge. Defendant appeals. This action is founded upon two counts for damages to two lots of goods alleged to have been shipped over the defendant’s line, one lot marked “S. W. Miller,” and another lot marked “ H. D.,” the value of the S. W. Miller lot being charged at one thousand four hundred and eight dollars and twenty-nine cents, and that of the H. D. lot as of the value of two thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars and twenty-eight cents, the value being the alleged value at Portland, Oregon. The goods consisted of a variety of drugs and medicines,…
1Opinion of the Court
Strahan, O. J.
The plaintiff by his pleadings seeks to confine the inquiry in this case to the shipment from Huntington to Portland; but during the progress of the trial both sides found it necessary to inquire somewhat into the condition of the goods prior to their arrival at Huntington. The object of this inquiry on. the part of the defendant was to furnish the jury some facts by which they might be able to determine the condition of the goods when they were received by the defendant company. As the case went to jury, there was neither allegation nor proof as to whether these goods were in a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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