Wehmann v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin County, Seagrave Smith, J., made December 30, 1893, denying its motion for a new trial.
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Appeal by defendant, the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin County, Seagrave Smith, J., made December 30, 1893, denying its motion for a new trial. On November 17, 1S91, the plaintiff, H. Wehmann, delivered to defendant at Minneapolis, one hundred and fifty barrels of flour worth $795, consigned to W. W. Jones at Philadelphia, Pa., to be by it carried to Gladstone, Wis., and there delivered to the Lehigh Valley Transportation Company, the connecting carrier. The total freight to Philadelphia was $84. The through bill of…
1Opinion of the Court
Gtleillan, C. .T.
The defendant had a connection with the Lehigh Valley Transportation Company and the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, forming a continuous line from Minneapolis to various points in the east; the defendant’s part of such continuous line being by rail from Minneapolis to Gladstone, Mich., the Transportation Company’s part by boat from Gladstone to Buffalo, N. Y., and the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company’s from Buffalo by rail to various points in the east, among them to Philadelphia. The three carriers had established and published joint or through tariffs of rates for freight…
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