Colley v. Cox

STONE, Judge.

In this action for alleged breach of defendant’s common-law duty as a common carrier, plaintiffs seek damages for injuries to forty-six head of white-faced cows transported by defendant from the O’Bryan Ranch near Hiattville, Kansas, to plaintiffs’ farm near Jerico Springs, Cedar County, Missouri, a distance of seventy to seventy-five miles. Defendant appeals from an adverse judgment of $5,000.

Since the principal contention of defendant-appellant (hereinafter called defendant) upon appeal is that the trial court should have directed'a verdict for defendant, a review of the…