Bennington v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from -a judgment of the superior court for Adams county, Truax, J., entered June 21, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for damages to live stock injured through the negligence of a carrier.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
On December 4, 1917, the respondent, Bennington, purchased at Kansas City, Missouri, some forty-three head of mules, causing them to be shipped by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company to Billings, Montana. While the mules were consigned to the respondent at Lind, Washington, the carrier named undertook to transport them no farther than Billings. At Billings they were delivered to the appellant, Northern Pacific Railway Company, which company issued to the shipper a new bill of lading therefor, agreeing to transport them to their destination at Lind. A number of the mules were…
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