Lefebure v. American Express Company
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court. — Hon. Milo P. Smith, Judge. Action to recover damages for the death of two' imported draft stallions, due to the negligence of the defendant, a common carrier, which undertook to transport them from the city of New York to Fairfax, Iowa. The trial court, upon motion, directed a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $200, and taxed the costs to the plaintiff. Plaintiff alone appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
1. Carriers: loss in transit: representations as to value: fraud: dence. Plaintiff is a dealer, breeder, and importer of high-grade horses, living at Fairfax, in this state. He concluded to make a trip to Europe, during the fall or early winter of the year 1909, to purchase some horses, and inquired of the local agent of the defendant company, at the city of Cedar Rapids in this state, as to the car load express rates on horses from New York City to his home town, and was informed that it was $350 per ear. Following out his purpose, he, plaintiff, went to Europe, where he purchased…
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