Johnson v. Toledo, Saginaw & Muskegon Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent; Perkins, J. Assumpsit by Charles A. Johnson and August A. Johnson, copartners as C. A. Johnson & Company, against the Toledo, Saginaw & Muskegon Railway Company, for the breach of a contract of carriage. From a judgment for ■defendant on verdict directed by the court, plaintiffs bring ■error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, C. J.
The plaintiffs have appealed from a verdict directed in favor of the defendant. They were co-partners engaged in the business of buying and' shipping fruit at Sparta. On September 25th the defendant sent to Sparta two refrigerator cars for their use, each car being furnished with 2,000 pounds of ice at Greenville, 26 miles distant. Plaintiffs began loading these cars the same .afternoon, and finished the next morning by 9 o’clock. After the loading, and before the cars left Sparta, they •accepted from the defendant’s agent at Sparta the bills of lading which are claimed to constitute the…
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