Legal Opinion
Lamb v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided January 23, 1958No. 34287PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMallery, J.
This case was tried to the court without a jury. The plaintiffs, doing business as The Lamb Fruit Company, brought this action to recover damages from the defendant resulting from its failure to transport a carload of cherries from Reith, Oregon, to New York city with reasonable dispatch. From a judgment for the plaintiffs, the defendant appeals.
The trial court found that respondents delivered the carload of cherries, consisting of 1,568 lugs, to appellant at Milton, Oregon, at seven o’clock a. m., June 27, 1948. At about 9:10 a. m. of that day, the car was forwarded to Reith, Oregon, on…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad v. Peninsula Produce ExchangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Home Insurance v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1943
- Grays Harbor County v. Bay City Lumber Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1955
- York v. Gaasland Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1952
3Cited by5 opinions
- Hernandez v. Catholic Charities, DioceseCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1980
- Thys Co. v. BrulotteWashington Supreme Court · 1963
- Condakes v. Southern Pacific Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1968
- Shippers Service Co. v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1975
- Mojonnier & Sons, Inc. v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1958