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Leo v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided June 6, 1883PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Clay county, where the action was tried before Stearns, J., and a jury, refusing a new trial.

1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.

The plaintiff shipped a car-load of stoves at Chicago with the Chicago & Northwestern railroad, consigned to themselves at Moorhead, in this state. The goods passed to their destination over the Chicago & Northwestern and the Omaha railroads to St. Paul, and thence to Moorhead over defendant’s road. When they arrived in St. Paul, the defendant, instead of transferring them, allowed them, as is customary, to be transported over their road in the foreign ear in which they had been transported from Chicago, and billed them through in that car from St. Paul to Moorhead, without opening it or…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Laughlin v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1871
  2. Smith v. New York Central Rail RoadNew York Supreme Court · 1864
  3. Shriver v. Sioux City & St. Paul RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1878
  4. Brintnall v. Saratoga & Whitehall RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1860
  5. Dixon v. Richmond & Danville RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1876

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Beard & Sons v. Illinois Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1890
  2. Moore v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
  3. Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. HarrisSupreme Court of Florida · 1890
  4. Beede v. Wisconsin Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
  5. Gardner v. New Orleans & Northeastern RailroadMississippi Supreme Court · 1900

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