Heilman v. Chicago & Northwestern Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Ida District Court. — Hon. F. M. Powers, Judge. Action to recover for the death of certain hogs shipped on defendant’s road under a written contract of shipment in which the value of the hogs was stated, for the purpose of securing a lower rate of tariff on the shipment. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for the full value of the hogs lost. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
Plaintiff filed his petition in this suit on the 2d day of February, 1912, and therein claims: That on or about the 1st day of July, 1911, he delivered to the defendant at Arthur, Iowa, sixty-two head of hogs to be transported *315over its lines, as a common carrier, to tbe Union Stockyards at Chicago, 111. That the hogs, when delivered to and received by the defendant, were in good health and in first-class shipping condition. That the hogs so shipped constituted a car load, and were shipped in ear No. 17975. That, at the .time they were received and accepted by the defendant, the defendant, for…
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