Meyer v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tlie Circuit Court for Jefferson County. Action for tire value of goods shipped by plaintiff, at the village of Jefferson in said county, for Chicago, by defendant’s road, and alleged to have been lost through defendant’s negligence. The defendant appealed from a judgment for the plaintiff. The facts proven at the trial will appear from the opinion.
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APPEAL from tlie Circuit Court for Jefferson County. Action for tire value of goods shipped by plaintiff, at the village of Jefferson in said county, for Chicago, by defendant’s road, and alleged to have been lost through defendant’s negligence. The defendant appealed from a judgment for the plaintiff. The facts proven at the trial will appear from the opinion. The defendant “gave in evidence the 20th volume of the Reports of the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, and read therefrom to the court and jury the cases of Richards v. The Mich. Southern & Northern Ind. R. R. Qo. (p. 404); Rams…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
It is perfectly certain that the goods were lost in consequence of the mistake of the agent at Jeffer*567son station, who entered them on the way-bill sent to Chicago as consigned to “T. Weil & Company,” instead of “J. Weil & Brothers,” as they were marked. The goods were plainly and legibly marked, so that there conld be no mistake abont the consignees; and it was the obvious duty of the agent to see that they were properly entered on the way-bill. This he did not do, but through carelessness he entered the goods as though consigned to “T. Weil & Company.” Consequently, when the employees of “J.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Jeffersonville Railroad v. CottonIndiana Supreme Court · 1868
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. McGuire & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1885
- Little Rock, Mississippi River & Texas Railway Co. v. GlidewellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1882
- Schaff v. RoachSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925