Hartford Fire Insurance v. Payne

Vermilion, J. —

The petition alleged that certain hogs were delivered to the director general of railroads, operating the lines of the Wabash Bailway Company during the period of Federal control of the railroads, and accepted for transportation over such lines from South Omaha, Nebraska, to St. Louis, Missouri; that, by reason of the negligence of the defendant director general, or his employees, seventeen of such hogs were killed,, lost, or destroyed while in transit; that the plaintiff had insured the owner of such hogs against loss or damage to' the shipment while in transit, and had paid…