Legal Opinion
Ritchie v. Oregon Short Line R. R. Co.
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided February 24, 1926PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGivens, J.
Ben T. Ritchie, respondent, sued to recover $2,949.25 as damages alleged to be the result of the delay and negligence of the appellant Oregon Short Line Railroad Company in handling a shipment of eight carloads of sheep from Adrian, Oregon, to Idaho Falls, Idaho. The sheep, after having been on board the cars for 24 hours arrived at Pocatello, Idaho, where they were unloaded and put in the stockyards by appellant for seven days, during which time they were fed hay, etc., totaling $879.25, which amount was paid by respondent, during which time 137 head of sheep died and some 350 head of lambs…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Barrett v. Van PeltSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Blackstock v. . the New York and Erie Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Ecton v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1907
- Hailey v. Oregon Short Line R.District Court, D. Idaho · 1918
- Stiles, Gaddie & Stiles v. Louisville & N. R. R.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1908
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Northern Pacific Terminal Co.District Court, D. Oregon · 1953
- Saliba v. New York Central R.R. Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1929
- Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Northern Pacific Terminal Co.District Court, D. Oregon · 1954
- Farmers Grain Co. v. Toledo, P. & W. R. R.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1946
- Forkner v. Louisville Nashville Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
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