H. A. Dreves Co. v. Northern Cold Storage & Warehouse Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $786.25 for negligence in caring for certain drums of silakka while in cold storage in defendant’s warehouse.
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Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $786.25 for negligence in caring for certain drums of silakka while in cold storage in defendant’s warehouse. The answer denied the allegation of negligence and for a counterclaim alleged that plaintiff was indebted to defendant in the sum of $116.48. The case was tried before Fesler, J., who when plaintiff rested denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the action, and a jury which returned a verdict for $246.08 in favor of plaintiff. From an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial,…
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
Plaintiff is an importer and dealer in fish. Defendant operates a storage warehouse in Duluth. In November, 1913, plaintiff stored with defendant a quantity of Norwegian herring, a quantity of Holland herring and a quantity of Finnish silakka, a fish caught on the Finland shores of the Baltic sea. The silakka was dry salted and packed in air tight drums. In December, 1913, plaintiff gave instructions to “rebrine” the herring, and to reeooper the drums of silakka and put on dry salt. Instead of doing this, defendant “brined” both the silakka and the her*64ring. As soon as plaintiff learned that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kreuzer v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
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- O'Laughlin v. St. Anthony & Dakota Elevator Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1923