Brown & Haywood Co. v. Pennsylvania Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of tbe district court for Hennepin county, Elliott, J., denying a motion for a new trial. Action in tbe district court for Hennepin county. Tbe case was tried before Elliott, J., who found in favor of plaintiff in tbe sum of $592.80 with interest from December 1, 1892, less $165. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCanty, J.
The plaintiff, a corporation, delivered a car load of glass to the defendant railway company at Tarentum, Pennsylvania, hilled to Snohomish, in the state of Washington, via the Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway and the Northern Pacific Railroad, and a bill of lading was issued by defendant accordingly. Tbe defendant carried the car of glass over its own road, but wrongfully, by mistake or otherwise, sent the same over the Union Pacific Railway, instead of over the Northern Pacific Railroad.
A certain portion of the glass was for a customer of plaintiff at *548Tacoma, Washington, another…
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