Perkett v. Manistee & Northeastern Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Grand Traverse; Mayne, J. Case by Louis F. Perkett against the Manistee & Northeastern Railroad Company for the loss of a car load of apples. Judgment for plaintiff on a directed verdict. Defendant brings errors
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, C. J.
This action was brought to recover damages from defendant for failure to deliver at its destination a car load of apples shipped by plaintiff, on December 3, 1909, from Traverse City, Mich., consigned to himself at Chamberlain, S. D., with instructions to notify W. W. Davis at Chamberlain. The case was tried in the circuit court of Grand Traverse county before a jury, and judgment entered on a directed verdict in favor of plaintiff for the value of the consignment.
The facts are practically undisputed. In the latter part of October, 1909, W. W. Davis, who resided at Mt. Vernon, S. D., visited…
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