McKibbin v. Wisconsin Central Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $787.04, with interest, for the destruction by fire of four trunks. The case was tried before Bunn, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for $810.65. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
START, O. J.
On the afternoon of December 30, 1905, a traveling salesman of the plaintiffs checked four trunks containing samples of merchandise belonging to them over the defendant’s railroad from St. Paul to Glen-wood, Wisconsin. The trunks got to Glenwood late in the evening of the same day and were placed in the baggage room of the station house, which with the trunks and their contents was completely destroyed by fire, some twenty hours afterwards. This action was brought to recover the value of the trunks and their contents on the ground that they were destroyed by reason of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Trimble v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Marshall v. Pontiac, Oxford & Northern RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1901
- McKibbin v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
- Trimble v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
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