Pierson v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered April 18, 1908, in favor of the defendant, upon granting a nonsuit, in an action to recover for damages to horses transported.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The appellants brought this action against the respondent to recover damages caused, as they alleged, by the respondent’s maltreatment of certain horses, which the appellants shipped over the respondent’s road. They were nonsuited at the conclusion of their evidence in *596chief in the court below, and appeal from the judgment entered against them.
The facts appearing in the record at the time the nonsuit was granted were, in substance, these: On the first days of August, 1906, Victor Pierson, one of the appellants, purchased from a ranchman living near Dillon, Montana, eighteen head of draft…
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