Kettenhofen v. Globe Transfer & Storage Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered May 4, 1912, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, after a trial on the merits before the court, in an action for damages.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
This is an action to recover the value of certain household goods and wearing apparel destroyed by fire while in the custody of the defendant, Globe Transfer & Storage *646Company. The defendant was engaged in the business, among other things, of soliciting goods from different persons having less than a car load lot for shipment from Seattle to other points. Its custom was to receive such lots and hold them at its warehouse until a car load destined to a common point had been assembled. It then arranged with some railroad company for a car to that point, placed the goods in the car, each piece…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Buckland v. Adams Express Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Railway Co. v. MurphySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1895
- Lee v. Fidelity Storage & Transfer Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1908
- Wehmann v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- J. H. Cownie Glove Co. v. Merchants' Dispatch Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1906
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- Dohrmann Hotel Supply Co. v. Owl Transfer & Storage Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1943
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