Hanson v. Great Northern Railway Co.
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Nelson county; Templeton, J. Action by T. M. Hanson against the Great Northern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from District Court, Nelson county; Templeton, J. Action by T. M. Hanson against the Great Northern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Party in charge of goods for shipment has full authority to contract for such shipment. 1 Hutchinson on Carriers, 457; Armstrong v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. 54 N|. W- 1059; California Powder Works v. Atlantic & P. R. Co., 45 Pac. 691, 36 L. R. A. 648. By special contract a carrier may grant different rates for goods of different value; and when he represents his goods of lower value, and takes a lower rate, he is bound by…
1Opinion of the CourtFisk, J.
Plaintiff had judgment in the court below pursuant to a verdict directed by the court, and this appeal is from such judgment and from an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.
The facts are not seriously in dispute, -and are substantially as follows: Plaintiff, being the owner of certain household goods, a list of which appears in the complaint, had the same taken from his home in Minneapolis by Boyd Storage & Transfer Company, and by them packed and crated 'for shipment and shipped to him at Tolna, N. D. He paid them a hump sum of $23 for…
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