Thompson v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

— This is an action for damages to two carloads of cattle shipped by plaintiff on September 23, 1923, from Spickard,' Missouri, to Chicago, Illinois, over defendant’s line of railroad. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $425 and defendant has appealed.

The facts show that the shipment consisted of forty head of fat cattle. It was intended that the cattle be sold upon the Chicago market on the Monday morning following the shipment. While the cattle reached Chicago in time for the Monday morning market, they were not sold until the following Wednesday. The testimony…