Union Pacific Railroad v. Grace
Wyoming Supreme Court
ERROR to the District Court, Laramie County; Hon. William C. Mrntzrr, Judge. The action was brought by Robert N. Grace against the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Upon a trial to the court, without a jury, judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendant brought error. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR to the District Court, Laramie County; Hon. William C. Mrntzrr, Judge. The action was brought by Robert N. Grace against the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Upon a trial to the court, without a jury, judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendant brought error. The material facts are stated in the opinion. The statements by the parlor car cook, after plaintiff had alighted from the train, to the effect that he Irad seen someone, who might have taken the baggage, and would run and see if he could see him, and, after his return, that he was not able to find the man he…
1Opinion of the Court
Beard, Justice.
Action by defendant in error against plaintiff in error to recover the value of a suit case alleged to have been lost through the carelessness of defendant. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
Plaintiff below alleged in his petition (so far as necessary to here state) “That on or about the 12th day of January, 1910, plaintiff purchased for himself and for his wife first-class passenger tickets from the Union Pacific Railroad Company, a common carrier, which tickets entitled plaintiff and his wife, with their baggage, to be conveyed from Denver, Colorado, to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hasbrouck v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Bunnell v. . SternNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Whicher v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Springer v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
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- Birmingham Terminal Co. v. WilsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
- Murphy v. Eastern Greyhound Lines, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1932
- McCall v. Pullman Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1947
- Blair v. Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines, Inc.Michigan Supreme Court · 1936
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