North Wisconsin Cattle Co. v. Oregon Short Line Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $10,-000 for the depreciation in the value of a train load of sheep by reason of alleged negligent- handling. The parties to the action are foreign corporations and the main question is whether the statutes of this state were complied with in serving a summons under the circumstances shown. The defendants appeared specially and moved to set aside the service of the summons.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $10,-000 for the depreciation in the value of a train load of sheep by reason of alleged negligent- handling. The parties to the action are foreign corporations and the main question is whether the statutes of this state were complied with in serving a summons under the circumstances shown. The defendants appeared specially and moved to set aside the service of the summons. From an order, Simpson, ]., granting the motion and from that part of the order setting aside the service of summons as to the Union Pacific Railroad Company,1…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
This action was brought in the district court of the county of Henne-pin by the plaintiff, a foreign corporation, against the defendants, the Union Pacific Railway Company, and the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, foreign corporations existing, respectively, by virtue of the laws of the state of Utah, and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, a foreign corporation existing by virtue of the laws of the state of Wisconsin, to recover damages caused by the alleged negligent handling by the defendants of a train load of sheep transported from Nampa, Idaho, to St. Paul, Minnesota.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Green v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Wold v. J. B. Colt Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Mikolas v. Hiram Walker & SonsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
3Cited by23 opinions
- Booz v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1911
- W. J. Armstrong Co. v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Ry. v. DeBowSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
- State Ex Rel. Ferrocarriles Nacionales De Mexico v. RutledgeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1932
- Dahl v. ColletteSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1938
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