Milroy v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Delaware District Court. — Hon. Fred O’Donnell, Judge. Action at law, in which, plaintiff seeks to recover damages for being wrongfully ejected from one of defendant’s trains. Trial to a jury, and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Plaintiff is a stock shipper, and in the year 1887, resided at Hopkinton, in Delaware county. In September of that year, he shipped two cars of stock from the place of his residence, over defendant’s line of road, to the town of Defiance, in Shelby county, — a point a considerable distance west of the town of Hopkinton. A stock contract was issued by the defendant to the plaintiff, which provided for the transportation, of the stock to its destination, and also provided for the free passage of one man going with the stock to the place of its destination, and ret urning to the point from which…
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