Baldwin Land Co. v. Columbia Ry. Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: JOHN B. Cleland, Judge. Statement by Me. Justice McBeide. This is an action by the Baldwin Sheep & Land Company against the Columbia Southern Railway Company, a corporation, and the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, to recover damages in the sum of $446.74 and interest, as an overcharge caused by the alleged misquotation of a freight rate by one of defendants’ agents on a shipment of sheep from Shaniko, Oregon, to Rawlins, Wyoming, in June, 1905.…
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From Multnomah: JOHN B. Cleland, Judge. Statement by Me. Justice McBeide. This is an action by the Baldwin Sheep & Land Company against the Columbia Southern Railway Company, a corporation, and the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, to recover damages in the sum of $446.74 and interest, as an overcharge caused by the alleged misquotation of a freight rate by one of defendants’ agents on a shipment of sheep from Shaniko, Oregon, to Rawlins, Wyoming, in June, 1905. Plaintiff, desiring to ship 36 car loads of sheep, inquired of the agent of the Columbia Southern Railroad Company at Shaniko,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McBride
1. The shipment from Shaniko via Biggs to Rawlins was clearly an interstate shipment. There was no change of cars or interruption in the regular course of transportation when the stock reached Biggs, nor was any such change or interruption contemplated by the shipper. It was one continuous shipment from one state to another. Hanley v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co., 187 U. S. 617 (23 Sup. Ct. 214: 47 L. Ed. 333); Davis v. Southern Ry. Co., 147 N. C. 68 (60 S. E. 722); Shelby Ice & Fuel Co. v. Southern Ry. Co., 147 N. C. 66 (60 S. E. 721); Louisville R. Co. v. Behlmer, 175 U. S. 648 (20 Sup. Ct.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. MuggSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Hanley v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. BehlmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Buchtel v. EvansOregon Supreme Court · 1891
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