Legal Opinion
Sturges v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided June 2, 1911No. Docket No. 81PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Case-made from Wayne; Murfin, J. Trover and case by Yarney K. Sturges and Austin Hale, copartners as the Detroit Leather Works, against the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Company and another on a contract of shipment. Judgment for plaintiff against said railway company which brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
This suit was originally commenced against the above-named defendant and the Illinois Central Railroad Company. The case was tried before the court without a jury, and the following findings were made by the circuit judge:
“In fulfillment of an order from the Louisiana Automobile Club, of New Iberia, La., plaintiffs shipped to that point on May 29, 1909, four boxes of merchandise. In transit the goods were carried to Durand, Mich., by the defendant the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Company, thence to Chicago, 111., by the Grand Trunk Western Railway, thence to New Orleans, La., by…
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3Cited by11 opinions
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