Farmers Elevator Co. of Lansford v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $682.86 and $223.36, with an added penalty of $25 in each case, upon two shipments of flax from Lansford, North Dakota, to Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $682.86 and $223.36, with an added penalty of $25 in each case, upon two shipments of flax from Lansford, North Dakota, to Minneapolis, Minnesota. The answer alleged that section 4 of chapter 306 of the Laws of 1911 contravened the act of Congress regulating commerce and amendments thereto by interfering with interstate commerce, and contravened section 7, art. 1, of the Minnesota Constitution and articles 5 and 14 of the Federal Constitution in that it deprived common carriers, including defendant, of their property without due…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
Action to recover the value of certain flax shipped over defendant’s road, a part of which plaintiff claims was lost in transit. Plaintiff had *154a verdict and defendant appealed from an order denying its alternative motion for judgment or a new trial.
The questions presented will be disposed of in their order and the necessary facts stated in connection with each.
Plaintiff is a North Dakota corporation-engaged in the elevator business at Lansford in that state. On February 5, 1912, it delivered to defendant a carload of flax consigned and for shipment to Benson-New-house-Stabeck Company at…
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- Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Co. v. Varnville Furniture Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Billingslea v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
- O'Gara, King & Co. v. HansingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Cochrane v. West Duluth Industrial Construction & Improvement Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Prince v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1872
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