Young v. Grand Trunk Ry. of Canada

Dyer, D. J.

Three suits were commenced in this court by the above-named plaintiff against the defendant company to recover damages for alleged delay in the transportation of grain which was shipped by the plaintiff over the defendant’s road and consigned to Liverpool. . The complaints in the several actions were substantially alike, except that the contracts of shipment were alleged to have been made at different times, thus showing that the several shipments (were distinct and independent transactions, each constituting a separate cause of action. The defences to the actions disclosed by the…