Rustad v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for. Pennington county to recover $1,150, the value of goods delivered to defendant for shipment from Kindred, North Dakota, to Thief River Kails and destroyed in transit. The answer denied that plaintiff had suffered damage by reason of any negligence as a common carrier on defendant’s part.
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Action in the district court for. Pennington county to recover $1,150, the value of goods delivered to defendant for shipment from Kindred, North Dakota, to Thief River Kails and destroyed in transit. The answer denied that plaintiff had suffered damage by reason of any negligence as a common carrier on defendant’s part. The case was tried before Grindeland, J., who, when plaintiff rested, granted defendant’s motion to direct a verdict in its favor for the value of part of the property and directed a verdict for $10.25 in favor of plaintiff. Krom an order denying plaintiff’s motion for a new…
1Opinion of the Court
Dibell, C.
This action was brought to recover damages for certain freight destroyed by fire at Thief River Kalis while in the possession of the defendant railway company. At the close of the evidence, the court directed a verdict for plaintiff for $10, the value of certain merchandise for which the plaintiff had tendered freight charges, as to the liability for the loss of which there was no dispute. The value of the other merchandise was alleged to be $1,140, and there was proof in support of it. The plaintiff appeals from the order of the court denying his motion for a new trial.
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- Boehl v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- Davis v. Tribune Job-Printing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- O'Malley v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- Southard v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Sainte Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- Shea v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
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