Legal Opinion

McGinn v. Oregon-Washington R. & Nav. Co.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided May 18, 1920No. 3412PublishedCited by 3 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Eastern District of Washington; Frank H. Rudkin, Judge. Action by J. B. McGinn against the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company. Judgment for defendant notwithstanding verdict for plaintiff, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

WOLVERTON, District Judge.

This is an action instituted by plaintiff in error against the defendant in error to recover damages for loss and injury to certain live stock, namely, 49 head of horses and mules, shipped by plaintiff in error from Grand Island, in Nebraska, under a- bill of lading issued by the Union Pacific Railway Company for transportation over its railway and connecting lines to Spokane, Wash. The connecting lines were the Oregon Short *82Line Railroad and the defendant in error, the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company. Reference will hereafter be made to the parties…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway Co. v. Blish Milling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
  2. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Riverside MillsSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  3. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. WardSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  4. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. LeatherwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
  5. Hudson v. Chicago, St. P., M. & O. Ry. Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1915

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. McArthur v. PayneCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1924
  2. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co. v. Reeves Coal Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
  3. Ginsberg v. Wabash Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1922

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