Brown v. St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co.

The facts of this case are like those of Clubb v. Railroad, — Mo. App. —, — S. W. —, as regards the contention that plaintiff cannot maintain the action because the bill of lading was issued to his agent and in the latter’s name. Complaint was filed before a justice of the peace asking damages due to defendant’s negligent delay in carrying hogs from the station of Advance,, in Stoddard county, Missouri, to the National- Stock Yards in East St. Louis, Illinois. It is averred the hogs were carelessly detained for ten hours at a way-station, causing them to he late in arriving at destination,…