Vaughn v. Wabash Railroad

LThis is an action for damages to a lot of fat cattle shipped from Martinsburg, Missouri, to Chicago, Illinois. The petition alleges, in substance, that the cattle were delivered to the defendant at 12 p. m. on the eleventh day of June, 1892, at Martinsburg; that by proper diligence they should have arrived at Chicago at 5 o’clock on the morning of the thirteenth, but that on account of the negligence of the defendant they were delayed and did not reach St. Louis until 11 o’clock k. m. the next day, and that, by reason of this delay and the negligent running of the train, one steer was so…