Legal Opinion

Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Johnson

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided May 2, 1895No. 6141PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Error from the district court of Douglas county. Tried below before Keysor, J. . cited: Pullman Palace Car Co. v. Missouri P. R. Co., 115 U. S., 587. cited: Hutchinson, Carriers, secs. 130, 344; Furman v. Union P. R. Co., 106 N. Y., 579; Colgate v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 102 N. Y., 120; Missouri P. R. Co. v. Young, 25 Neb., 651; Ladue v. Griffith, 25 N. Y., 364; St. Louis, K. C. & N. R. Co. v. Piper, 13 Kan., 505; Mercantile Mutual Ins.

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Error from the district court of Douglas county. Tried below before Keysor, J. . cited: Pullman Palace Car Co. v. Missouri P. R. Co., 115 U. S., 587. cited: Hutchinson, Carriers, secs. 130, 344; Furman v. Union P. R. Co., 106 N. Y., 579; Colgate v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 102 N. Y., 120; Missouri P. R. Co. v. Young, 25 Neb., 651; Ladue v. Griffith, 25 N. Y., 364; St. Louis, K. C. & N. R. Co. v. Piper, 13 Kan., 505; Mercantile Mutual Ins. Co. v. Chase, 1 E. D. Smith [N. Y.], 115; Home Ins. Co. v. Western T. Co., 51 N. Y., 93; Bulkley v. Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co., 24 How. [U. S.], 386; Claflin v.…

1Opinion of the Court

Ragan, C.

In the months of October and November, 1891, certain persons at certain points in the state of Nebraska delivered to the Union Pacific Railway Company (hereinafter called the “Railway Company”) for transportation seven cars of grain. The Railway Company at the time of such delivery issued and delivered to said shippers bills of lading for the grain received by it. All said bills of lading were substantially as follows: “Received of-[the name of the shipper] the following described freight * *■ * marked and consigned as noted below * * * to be transported to -, and delivered at the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. The ThamesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  2. Forbes v. Boston and Lowell RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
  3. Furman v. . Union Pacific R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
  4. Mulligan v. Illinois Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1873
  5. McEntee v. . the New Jersey Steamboat Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. A. J. Neimeyer Lumber Co. v. Burlington & Missouri River RailroadNebraska Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Metcalf & WoodNebraska Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Fourth National Bank of Nashville v. Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Freeman v. KraemerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
  5. Ratzer v. Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896

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