Shea v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Belden, J., denying a motion for a new trial, after a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,774.52.
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
On June 23, 1894, the plaintiff contracted with the Chicago Great Western Railway Company to transport 307 boxes of lemons from Boston, Massachusetts, to plaintiff, at Minneapolis, Minnesota. This railroad company has a line of railway from Chicago to Minneapolis, but none from Boston to Chicago. The lemons were forwarded from Boston via the Boston & Maine Railroad in a refrigerator car to Montreal, where the lemons were by it delivered to its connecting carrier, the Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Company, for transportation to Chicago, and by it placed in a common box car with tin roof, and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hannibal Railroad v. SwiftSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Beard & Sons v. Illinois Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1890
- Southard v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Sainte Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
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- E. H. Emery & Co. v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1919
- Nashville v. JohnsonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1914
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