Wisecarver & Stone v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jefferson District Court. — IIon. D. H. Anderson, Judge. Action to recover damages for negligent delay in the transportation of a carload of horses, resulting in injury to the plaintiffs as owners by reason of the depreciation in value and loss of market. There was a verdict for the plaintiff, and from the judgment thereon defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the Court
Deemer, J. —
The written contract between plaintiffs and the defendant for the transportation of a carload of horses belonging to plaintiffs from Winterset to Des Homes, destined for East St. Louis, provided that the liability of the defendant company should terminate upon delivery by it- of said car to its connecting carrier. No connecting carrier was named in the contract, but the car was described as “consigned to John S. Bratton, care *123of Wabash Railway, National Stockyards, East St. Louis, Illinois.” Plaintiffs seem -to have understood that the car would be forwarded from Des Moines to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Grieve v. Illinois Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1898
- Kinnick Bros. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1886
- Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Co. v. LockhartIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
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