Lane v. Oregon Short Line Railroad
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, for Lincoln. County. Hon. H. F. Ensign, Judge. Action for damages for loss of sheep. Judgment for plaintiff. Under the federal act, U. S. Comp. Stats. Supp. 1909, chap. 3594, 34 Stat. 607, the carrier is not made an absolute insurer of the safety of sheep in transit, but its duty is fully performed by providing pens properly equipped and of sufficient structural strength to retain them. (Beckman v. Southern Pac.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, for Lincoln. County. Hon. H. F. Ensign, Judge. Action for damages for loss of sheep. Judgment for plaintiff. Under the federal act, U. S. Comp. Stats. Supp. 1909, chap. 3594, 34 Stat. 607, the carrier is not made an absolute insurer of the safety of sheep in transit, but its duty is fully performed by providing pens properly equipped and of sufficient structural strength to retain them. (Beckman v. Southern Pac. Go., 39 Utah, 472, 118 Pae. 118.) Under this act a provision of the shipping contract that in consideration of a…
1Opinion of the CourtEice, C. J.
— Respondent Lane recovered a judgment against appellant railroad company for damages to an interstate shipment of lambs, alleged to have been wholly and entirely due to the careless and negligent manner in which the stockyards in the village of Shoshone were managed and controlled by appellant. An agent of respondent accompanied the shipment under a shipping contract which provided that the shipper would “at his own risk and expense, load, unload, care for, feed and water the stock until delivery of the same to consignee at destination.” When the lambs reached Shoshone they were unloaded by…
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- Pecos & N. T. Ry. Co. v. MeyerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
- Colsch v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1910
- Ft. Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. GatewoodCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916
- Missouri, O. & G. Ry. Co. v. FrenchSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
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- Cooper v. Oregon Short Line R. R. Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1927
- Ritchie v. Oregon Short Line R. R. Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1926
- Crabill v. Oregon Short Line RailroadIdaho Supreme Court · 1921
- Houghtelin v. Oregon Short Line RailroadIdaho Supreme Court · 1921