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GREAT NORTHERN RY. v. O'CONNOR

No. 473.

232 U.S. 508 (1914)

34 S.Ct. 380

58 L.Ed. 703

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. O'CONNOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1914.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E.C. Lindley and Mr. M.L. Countryman for plaintiff in error.

Mr. C.D. O'Brien, Mr. James Mattimore and Mr. T.P. McNamara for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE LAMAR, after making the foregoing statement of facts, delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff owned personal effects weighing 545 lbs. and worth $598. She employed the Boyd Transfer Company which was also a Forwarder to box and ship the property from Minneapolis to Portland. The regular freight rate on such a shipment would have been $3 per cwt., but without express authority from her, the Company forwarded...

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