Egbert v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action commenced in justice court to recover $9.31, the value of a barrel of gasolene and prepaid freight charges alleged to have been shipped to plaintiff by the Shell Rake Boat Company from St. Paul over defendant’s road. The case was tried before a justice of the peace without a jury and judgment rendered in favor of plaintiff. Thereafter defendant appealed on questions of law alone to the municipal court of St. Paul, Hanft, J., which affirmed the judgment of the justice.
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Action commenced in justice court to recover $9.31, the value of a barrel of gasolene and prepaid freight charges alleged to have been shipped to plaintiff by the Shell Rake Boat Company from St. Paul over defendant’s road. The case was tried before a justice of the peace without a jury and judgment rendered in favor of plaintiff. Thereafter defendant appealed on questions of law alone to the municipal court of St. Paul, Hanft, J., which affirmed the judgment of the justice. From the judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Action in justice court to recover the value of a barrel of gasolene alleged to have been shipped over defendant’s line of railroad in the name of the Shell Take Boat Company, to be delivered to plaintiff, the owner, at the point of destination, and which, plaintiff claims, defendant failed to transport and deliver in accordance with the contract of shipment. Plaintiff had judgment before the justice for $9.31, the value of the gasolene and prepaid freight charges, and defendant appealed to the municipal court of the city of St. Paul on questions of law alone, where the judgment was affirmed.…
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