Wood v. Crocker
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. This action was brought to recover the value of goods, belonging to the plaintiff, destroyed by fire in the warehouse of the La Crosse & Milwaukee Eailroad Company, at Portage City in this state. The facts are stated in the second paragraph of the opinion of this court.
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. This action was brought to recover the value of goods, belonging to the plaintiff, destroyed by fire in the warehouse of the La Crosse & Milwaukee Eailroad Company, at Portage City in this state. The facts are stated in the second paragraph of the opinion of this court. The defendant, Crocker, was operating said road at the time when the damage to the plaintiff accrued, as a receiver appointed by the district court of the United States for-the district of Wisconsin. The action was commenced in the circuit court for Columbia county, but…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Cole, J.
The main question arising upon this record is undoubtedly one of considerable practical importance, as well to railroad carriers as to all those transacting business with them in this state. It is the question as to when the extraordinary liability of a common carrier ceases in respect to goods transported oyer their roads. Of course, it is perfectly clear that a railroad company may assume the double character of carrier and warehouseman; but when, as a matter of law, can it be said that the liability of the carrier ends and that óf a warehouseman commences? Eor the…
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