Cudahy Packing Co. v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.

Plaintiff is a meat packing establishment and defendant an interstate carrier. The former made two shipments of meat over defendant’s road, as the initial carrier, from Sioux City, Iowa, one to New York and the other to Massachusetts. Each arrived at destination over connecting ■ carriers, in a damaged condition and this action was instituted under the interstáte commerce law, resulting in a verdict for plaintiff, which the court set aside and granted a new trial. Plaintiff appealed from that order.

The petition is in two counts, one for each shipment, and in' each count it is alleged that…