Wells v. Great Northern Ry. Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Earl C. Bronaugh, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Moore. This is an action by R. L. Wells against the Great Northern Railway Company, to recover $469.70 as the value of a trunk and its contents, lost by the derailing and burning of a baggage car alleged to have been caused by the negligence "of the defendant, whose agent, it is averred, was informed of the contents of the trunk before undertaking its transportation.
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From Multnomah: Earl C. Bronaugh, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Moore. This is an action by R. L. Wells against the Great Northern Railway Company, to recover $469.70 as the value of a trunk and its contents, lost by the derailing and burning of a baggage car alleged to have been caused by the negligence "of the defendant, whose agent, it is averred, was informed of the contents of the trunk before undertaking its transportation. The answer denied all carelessness in operating the train, and as a partial defense alleged that for a valuable consideration the parties had agreed that in case…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore
It appears from the bill of exceptions that on April 13, 1907, first-class passenger fare from Chicago, Illinois, to *168Portland, Oregon, over the lines of railway hereinafter named was $61.50, on which day plaintiff, for the sum of $33, secured at Chicago a coupon limited “colonist” ticket good for a passage from that city over the line of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Company to St. Paul, Minnesota, thence over the line of the defendant, the Great Northern Railway Company, to Spokane, Washington; and thence over the line of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company to Portland. The…
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