Whitaker v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $568.21, damages to a carload of strawberries caused by delay in transportation.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $568.21, damages to a carload of strawberries caused by delay in transportation. The answer admitted that defendant received and accepted the car in question at Omaha; that for a valuable consideration defendant agreed to and did transport the same to St. Paul, Minnesota, within a reasonable time, and agreed to and did exercise due. care for the preservation and protection of the berries while in its possession; that the shipment was made under the terms of a bill of lading, which is-made a part of the answer; that defendant performed…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Action to recover damages for injuries to a carload of strawberries shipped by plaintiffs over different lines of railroad, including defendant’s line, from a point in Missouri to St. Paul, this state, caused, as alleged by plaintiffs, by the negligence of defendant. Defendant had a verdict in the court below, and plaintiffs appealed from an order denying a new trial.
The assignments of error present for consideration certain rulings of the trial court upon the admission and exclusion of evidence, and alleged errors in the instructions to the jury. Though made one of the grounds of the motion…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Demeules v. Jewel Tea Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- Errett v. WheelerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Mahoney v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
3Cited by9 opinions
- Minneapolis Fire & Marine Insurance v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1952
- Ammon v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- Gibbon Farmers Elevator Co. v. HerschmannSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
- Madson v. ChristensonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Presley Fruit Co. v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
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