Puget Sound Warehouse Co. v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Shackleford, J., entered February 25, 1910, in favor of the plaintiff, upon sustaining a demurrer to the affirmative defense, in an action of replevin.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
The object of this action is to test the constitutionality of the grain inspection law as amended by the statute of 1909. Laws 1909, chap. 137, p. 519 (Rem. & Bal. Code, § 5980 et seq.), in so far as it relates to shipments by and consigned to the owner of grain or other warehouse products referred to in the act. The Puget Sound Warehouse Company was the owner of one carload, three hundred and ten sacks, of wheat, at Crestón, Washington, which it loaded upon a car belonging to the Northern Pacific Railway Company, for shipment to Tacoma, Washington. The wheat was consigned by the owner, the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Powell v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Gundling v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- McLean v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Public Clearing House v. CoyneSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Patapsco Guano Co. v. North Carolina Board of AgricultureSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
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- State ex rel. Dawson v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1912