Harrington v. Wabash Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe municipal court of Minneapolis to recover $375 for property skipped by plaintiff and lost by defendant in transportation.
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Action in tbe municipal court of Minneapolis to recover $375 for property skipped by plaintiff and lost by defendant in transportation. The case was tried before Charles L. Smith, J., who found that the contract of shipment was fraudulent on the part of the plaintiff, except as to the books mentioned in the opinion, and that plaintiff was entitled to judgment for $55. From an order denying plaintiff’s motions to amend the findings of fact and conclusions of law or for a new trial, he appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJaggard, J.
Plaintiff and appellant gave to the St. Louis Express Company, at St. Louis, Missouri, one sewing machine, crated, and one box, for delivery to the defendant at said St. Louis, to be by it transported over its lines and the lines of its connecting carrier or carriers to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and there delivered to a named consignee. *259The box was delivered, to the defendant, and accepted by it for snch shipment, as containing books, was receipted for as books, and was billed and given the rate fixed by the published tariff of the defendant for transportation of books. That box, instead of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Humphreys v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- J. J. Douglas Co. v. Minnesota Transfer Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- Armstrong v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- Bottum v. Charleston & Western Carolina Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. SheaIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
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