Grinnell-Collins Co. v. Illinois Central Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action against the Chicago, Milwaukee-& St. Paul-Eailway Company and the Illinois Central Eailroad Company in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $637.08 for negligence in transporting a shipment of strawberries from Independence, Louisiana, to Minneapolis, Minnesota. .Before the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial had been decided, plaintiff dismissed the action as to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company.
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Action against the Chicago, Milwaukee-& St. Paul-Eailway Company and the Illinois Central Eailroad Company in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $637.08 for negligence in transporting a shipment of strawberries from Independence, Louisiana, to Minneapolis, Minnesota. .Before the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial had been decided, plaintiff dismissed the action as to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company. In its separate answer the other defendant denied the negligence, and alleged the berries were shipped under a bill of lading providing that defendant was to be…
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
A carload óf strawberries was consigned at Independence, Louisiana, to the plaintiff in Minneapolis for the purpose of sale and distribution, on commission, for the consignor’s account. Alleging that the fruit was delivered in good condition to the Illinois Central Railroad Company, the initial carrier, April 9, 1907, and because of defendant’s negligence arrived in a decayed, bruised and unmarketable condition at Minneapolis April 15, 1907, the plaintiff commenced this action against both of the carriers handling the shipment.
After its arrival the fruit was taken by different commission…
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