Murphy v. Wells-Fargo & Co. Express
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $1,137 for failure to transport a carload of strawberries. The case was tried before Kelly, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiffs for $500. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJaggard, J.
This was an appeal from an order denying a motion for a new trial, made by the defendant and appellant. The plaintiffs and respondents, commission merchants, brought the action to recover damages alleged *231to have been sustained through the failure of the defendant express company to transport five hundred fifty cases of strawberries within a reasonable time, and with reasonable and ordinary care for the protection and preservation of strawberries from injury and damage by heat. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiffs in the sum of $500.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Cau v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
- James Quirk Milling Co. v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- Alair v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- St. L., I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. WeaklySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1887
- Railway Co. v. CravensSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1892
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- Porteous v. Adams Express Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
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