Altschuler v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: E. C. Eschweilee, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover damages for the alleged breach of contract to transport the members of plaintiffs orchestra, their instruments and baggage from Denver, Colorado, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by failing t'o deliver the ear containing the baggage and instruments to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Eailway Company at Chicago in time to make connections with a…
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: E. C. Eschweilee, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover damages for the alleged breach of contract to transport the members of plaintiffs orchestra, their instruments and baggage from Denver, Colorado, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by failing t'o deliver the ear containing the baggage and instruments to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Eailway Company at Chicago in time to make connections with a certain train, No. 5, leaving Chicago at 9:15 a. m. and arriving in Milwaukee at 11:15 a. m., May 30,-1911, in consequence of…
1Opinion of the CourtEebwiN, J.
The principal issues in the case, as contended by appellant, are: (a) Did the defendant contract to transport the orchestra and baggage from Denver to Milwaukee? (b) Was the alleged contract legal ? (c) Did^defendant have notice that plaintiff wanted to use the baggage at Milwaukee in the afternoon for a matinee performance ? and (d) What was the amount of plaintiff’s legal damages ?
1. The first two propositions may be considered together, because they involve the validity .of the contract between plaintiff and defendant.
If is insisted that this case is ruled by the federal law, and that…
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