Conheim v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the municipal court of St. Paul for breach of contract to recover $50, the value of lost time. The case was tried before Hanft, J., who ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff for $17.50. Prom an order denying its motion to amend the conclusions of law or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
The respondent, Conheim, a traveling salesman for a house dealing in men’s wearing apparel, desiring to go from St. Paul to Rochester, Minnesota, purchased a ticket and checked his trunk containing samples necessary for use in his business. This trunk, of the kind and style usually carried by traveling salesmen, was delivered to the appellant’s baggageman at the Union Station in St. Paul at 4:30 p. m. of December 5, 1906. Conheim was known to the baggageman, who had seen his samples and knew that he was a traveling man. When the trunk was checked, Conheim told the baggageman that it must be…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Southern Railway Co. v. ColemanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
- McKibbin v. Wisconsin Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Katz v. ClevelandAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1905
- McKibbin v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1899