Denver & Rio Grande Railroad v. A. Peterson Grocery Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to Denver County Court. Hon. GEORGE W. DUNN, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
This action was commenced before a Justice of the Peace. Upon appeal to the County Court, judgment was in favor of the plaintiff. There are no written pleadings. The claim was for damages to a carload of potatoes shipped from Cedar Creek, Colorado, to Burnham, a suburb of Denver. The damage is alleged to have been occasioned through the negligence of the railroad company in failing to keep the refrigerator cars, in which they were shipped, properly ventilated; and also for unreasonable delay in transmission, and in giving notice to the consignee.
Three principal reasons are presented to secure…
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