Getchell v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered May 8, 1919, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action to recover the value of shingles delivered by a carrier to the consignee after demand by the consignor.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
This is a companion case to Quality Shingle Co. v. Old Oregon Lumber & Shingle Co., ante p. 60, 187 Pac. 705, and was argued in this court at *67the same time. The law upon which our decision in that case was rested we think is controlling in favor of respondents, G-etchell Mill Company, in this case, though this is an action against the railway company seeking recovery of the value of shingles shipped under a straight, nonnegotiable hill of lading, which shingles the railway company delivered to an assignee of the consignee after demand made upon it by respondents that the shingles he delivered…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Quality Shingle Co. v. Old Oregon Lumber & Shingle Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1920
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