St. Clair v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court. — Hon. H. E. Deemer, Judge. Action to recover damages for delay in shipping a carload of onions from Carson, Iowa, to Omaha, Nebraska, by reason of which delay it is claimed that the onions became heated, damaged and worthless. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, C. J.
1. Railroads: delay in carying onions: presumption. — I. It is conceded that, in the month of October, 1886, the plaintiff shipped a carload of onions over the defendant’s railway from Carson, Iowa, to Omaha, Nebraska, a distance of sixty-four miles. The principal question discussed by counsel is that the verdict is not supported by the -evidence. There is a conflict in the evidence as to the time when the car was loaded and ready for shipment at Carson. The jury was fully warranted in finding from the testimony of the witnesses that the loading of the onions was completed at about, noon on…
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