Sheehy v. Wabash Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Mandell, J. Case in justice’s court by John M. Sheehy against the Wabash Railroad Company for damages to personal property in transit. Plaintiff recovered, and defendant appealed to circuit court. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
The plaintiff shipped his household goods via defendant’s railway from St. Louis, Mo., to Flint, Mich., and prepaid the freight. The car went astray, being what is known as a “lost car,” and reached Flint after several weeks’ delay. The evidence shows that it was taken to Utah. Before it reached Flint, plaintiff left there and made his home in Detroit. He consulted defendant’s agent in Detroit, and asked him to have the goods sent to Detroit when they reached Flint, or have them sent directly there without going to Flint, which the *605agent said he would do if they could be intercepted.…
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