O'Connor v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $598.65 damages for loss of certain personal property received by defendant for shipment.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $598.65 damages for loss of certain personal property received by defendant for shipment. The answer admitted the destruction of certain goods received from the Boyd Storage & Transfer Company;'that in consideration of a lower rate of freight the consignor declared the value of the goods to be not in excess of $10 per hundred pounds, and by instrument in writing released defendant and its connecting carriers from liability arising from loss of goods in excess of $10 per hundred pounds; that the schedule of rates for the interstate…
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
Plaintiff sued the defendant, a common carrier, for the value of goods intrusted to the carrier for shipment and lost or destroyed in transit through negligence. She recovered a verdict for the full value. The defendant moved that judgment be entered for plaintiff for $54.50 notwithstanding the verdict of $560, and in case of a denial thereof that a new trial be had. The court denied the motion for judgment, and also the one for a new trial on condition that plaintiff release all of the verdict in excess of $533.40. Plaintiff released, and defendant appeals.
The Boyd Transfer Company is a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Pennsylvania R. Co. v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Alair v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- Hooker v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- J. J. Douglas Co. v. Minnesota Transfer Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- Benson v. Oregon Short Line RailroadUtah Supreme Court · 1909
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3Cited by6 opinions
- McGrath v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- Ferris v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
- St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. WallaceCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- O'Connor v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- Ford v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
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