Ransberry v. North American Transportation & Trading Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Reavis, J.

Plaintiff (respondent) was a passenger on the steamship “Cleveland,” owned by defendant and'operated by it between the city of Seattle and St. Michael, Alaska.' In August, 1897, defendant sold to plaintiff a ticket entitling him to passage from Seattle to Dawson City, in the Dominion of Canada. Defendant at the time of the sale represented that the steamer would make close connections with the steamboats owned and operated on the Yukon river by the defendant, and that, within a reasonable time thereafter, plaintiff would be safely carried to…