Schlichting v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court. — Hon. William G. Thompson, Judge. Action at law to recover damages resulting from defendant’s failure to promptly deliver certain shipments of eggs. The trial court directed a verdict for the defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemee, J.
In July of the year 1899 various parties living on the line of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Company delivered to said company numerous cases of eggs consigned to O. 0. Knispel & Co. and Knispel & Lenhart, Chicago, Ill. This freight was delivered by the Burlington & Cedar Rapids Company to the defendant company at West Liberty, Iowa, for shipment to Chicago. Shipping receipts were issued by the Burlington Company, which recited that the goods were marked in the names of the aforesaid consignees. In due course the goods arrived in Chicago, and while yet in the possession of…
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