Janesville Live Stock & Shipping Ass'n v. Hines
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the municipal court of Waseca to recover $182.10 for losses caused by delay in transportation of live stock. From a judgment entered in favor of plaintiff, defendant appealed to the district court for that county where the appeal was heard by Childress, J., who when defendants rested denied their motion for a directed verdict, and a jury which returned a verdict for the amount demanded.
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Action in the municipal court of Waseca to recover $182.10 for losses caused by delay in transportation of live stock. From a judgment entered in favor of plaintiff, defendant appealed to the district court for that county where the appeal was heard by Childress, J., who when defendants rested denied their motion for a directed verdict, and a jury which returned a verdict for the amount demanded. From an order denying their motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Tayloe, C.
On September 16, 1918, at seven o’clock in the evening, plaintiff delivered two carloads of stock to defendant at Janesville, Minnesota, to be transported over the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, commonly known as the “Northwestern,” from that point to Mankato, a distance of 18 miles, and over the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway, commonly known as the “Omaha,” from Mankato to South St. Paul, Minnesota, a distance of 82 miles. The stock arrived at the stockyards at South St. Paul at 9:05 p. m. on the evening of September 17, 1918, too late for the market of that day.…
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