St. L. S. F. R. Co. v. Close
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Tulsa County; L. M. Poe, Judge. ' Action by W. D. Close against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company for damages for delay in shipment of freight. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
PIARRISON, C.
W. D. Close brought this action in the district court of Tulsa county in August, 1908, for damages resulting from a delay in the shipment of a merry-go-round from Ardmore to Pawhuska. The cause was tried in March, 1911, and judgment rendered upon a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $500. From such judgment the railroad company appeals upon eleven assignments of error.
There is one decisive proposition of law involved which renders the other assignments immaterial to a proper determination of this case, to wit, whether, under the circumstances of this case, the…
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