Pierson v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Sullivan, J., entered January 7, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action to recover for damages to horses transported.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, C. J.
On the evening of August 6th, 1906, the plaintiffs, Pierson Brothers, shipped a car load of horses over the Oregon Short Line railroad from Dillon, Montana, to Silver Botv, Montana, a distance of sixty miles. On the arrival of the train at the latter point soon after midnight of the same day, the car containing the horses was transferred from the Oregon Short Line to the road of the defendant company for shipment to Sandpoint, Idaho. Before the train-left Silver Bow for Sandpoint, the plaintiff Victor Pierson, who had charge of the horses, entered into the common form of live stock contract…
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