German v. Chicago & North-western Railroad
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clinton District Cowrt. Plaintiff claims five hundred dollars damages on account of injuries to cattle shipped on defendant’s road from Maquoketa to Chicago.
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Appeal from Clinton District Cowrt. Plaintiff claims five hundred dollars damages on account of injuries to cattle shipped on defendant’s road from Maquoketa to Chicago. The cause was referred to Eobert T. T. Spence, Esq., wbo submitted the following findings of fact: “ 1. 'That the injury and damage, alleged in tbe 1st count of plaintiff’s said amended petition occurred to the cattle in one of twelve cars of cattle and hogs, which were shipped by plaintiff, and transported by defendant, under and upon the written contract offered in evidence by defendant, attached to tbe testimony reported…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
— I. We do not deejn it necessary, in this"case, to determine as to the correctness of the first conclusion of law of the referee.
1 common oartoansportattrax oí stock. If it should be conceded that, in the absence of any contract, receipt or regulation, the full 'liabilities of common carriers n0<; exist with respect to railroads, when engaged ^ie transportation of live stock, there is, notwithstanding, no principle of law, which, in the absence of contract, exonerates them, when engaged in such employment, from the exercise of ordinary care.
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- Heller v. Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1896
- McCully v. Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1908