Houghtelin v. Oregon Short Line Railroad
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, for Twin Falls County. Hon. ¥m. A. Babcock, Judge. Action for damages. Judgment for plaintiff. The obligation of the carrier with respect to the sufficiency of the pens was only that degree of care and diligence that a reasonably prudent man would, under all the circum-stances, have exercised, (Chicago, B. I. & P. B. Co. v.: Crenshaw (Tex. Civ. App.), 126 S. W. 602; Humphreys v. St. Louis & H. B. Co., 191 Mo.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, for Twin Falls County. Hon. ¥m. A. Babcock, Judge. Action for damages. Judgment for plaintiff. The obligation of the carrier with respect to the sufficiency of the pens was only that degree of care and diligence that a reasonably prudent man would, under all the circum-stances, have exercised, (Chicago, B. I. & P. B. Co. v.: Crenshaw (Tex. Civ. App.), 126 S. W. 602; Humphreys v. St. Louis & H. B. Co., 191 Mo. App. 710, 178 S. W. 233; 2 Hutchinson on Carriers, 3d ed., sec. 510; 4 R. C. L. 969.) In the exercise of ordinary care,…
1Opinion of the CourtRice, C. J.
This action was brought hy respondent to recover damages on account of injuries to certain lambs while in the stockyards of appellant company at Filer. The *484lambs had been originally delivered to appellant under a contract issued at Murphy, which provided for the privilege of feeding in transit and subsequent reloading and shipping to final destination. The sheep were unloaded at Filer and kept for some weeks on the ranch of respondent for feeding. They were brought by respondent from his ranch and placed in the stockyards of appellant company on the evening of December 29, 1915, with the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Norfolk & Western Railroad v. Harman & CrockettSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad v. BeetsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1907
- Lane v. Oregon Short Line RailroadIdaho Supreme Court · 1921
- Beckman v. Southern Pacific Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1911
- Buck v. Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1909