Lakeside Packing Co. v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.

The following opinion was filed April 7, 1925:

Eschweiler, J.

The defendant was notified promptly upon the arrival of the two carloads of peas that damages would be claimed. It had ample opportunity to, and did, inspect the entire shipment and knew of the disposition then made. The statement rendered and the complaint as verified in June, 1923, each included damages to the 104 bags shipped *356to defendant’s claim department, and the 198 bags which at the first inspection had been sorted out as beyond question ruined. The prior correspondence and the verified complaint showed that any possible loss…