Bradley v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Winnebago county: G-eo. W. Buknell, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff, on the 4th day of June, 1892, delivered some boxes of goods, said to contain glass, to the defendant at Columbus, Wisconsin, to be shipped over its line of railway to Deerfield, Wisconsin. No information was given to defendant’s agent or otherwise that such boxes contained property other than glass, or of any special use for which such goods were intended.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Winnebago county: G-eo. W. Buknell, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff, on the 4th day of June, 1892, delivered some boxes of goods, said to contain glass, to the defendant at Columbus, Wisconsin, to be shipped over its line of railway to Deerfield, Wisconsin. No information was given to defendant’s agent or otherwise that such boxes contained property other than glass, or of any special use for which such goods were intended. Plaintiff was a traveling photographer, and the boxes contained implements and materials for use in his business. He intended to…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
The amount involved in this action, exclusive of costs, being less than $100, as shown by the judg*46ment, only such, questions of law can be considered as are certified to this court for that purpose by the trial court. Such questions are three in number, and in substance as follows:(1) The fact being that the defendant did not, at the time of the shipment of plaintiff’s goods, know of the purpose, character, and quality of such goods, is it liable in this action?(2) Some time after the goods were shipped, and while they were in transit, plaintiff having notified the defendant’s agent at…
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