Coeur d'Alene & Spokane Railway Co. v. Union Pacific Railroad
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered January 3, 1907, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action on contract. Reversed»
1Opinion of the CourtRoot, J.
In the early spring of 1904, the American Car & Foundry Company, at its plant in St. Louis, was building twenty box cars for the respondent. The respondent desired to have these cars when completed shipped to Spokane. They were, after negotiations between the respondent and the appellants, finally carried from Kansas City to the city of Spokane, over the lines of the appellants. The respondent claims that the appellants agreed to carry these cars free of charge to the respondent, in consideration of the use of the same for the carriage of freight for account of the appellants, and the…
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