Hickey v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

This is an action against a common carrier to recover damages resulting from negligent delay in the transportation of four carloads of fat cattle to market. The cattle were received by defendant at Stewartsville on-July 3, 1910, for carriage to Chicago and the petition alleges that defendant failed to transport them in accordance with the requirements of the' shipping contract or within a reasonable time, “but on the contrary said four carloads of cattle were negligently and carelessly delayed en route between the points aforesaid and allowed to stand on the track in the cars for a long space…