Vander Zyl v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

The defendant is a common carrier, operating a line of railway between the town of Leighton in Iowa and the city of Chicago in the state of Illinois. Plaintiff is a buyer and shipper of live stock, doing business at Leighton. The plaintiff’s petition alleges that, on December 8, 1917, .he entered into a verbal contract with the defendant, acting by its station agent at Leighton, whereby defendant agreed to furnish at said station for plaintiff’s use three stock cars on December 10, 1917, and one other stock car on December 12, 1917, for the shipment of hogs to Chicago, said cars to be…