Idaho Sheep Co. v. Oregon Short Line Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Hosea W. Wells, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate'Court at the March term, 1912.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Duncan
Idaho Sheep Company prosecuted this suit against appellant, Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, as the initial carrier in an interstate shipment of 2,994 lambs from Soda Springs, Idaho to Chicago, and recovered a judgment of $3,099.86.
Appellant in August, 1906, agreed to deliver by October 4, 1906, at Soda Springs cars for said shipment of lambs by appellee, but failed to deliver the same until November 7, 1906. By reason of said failure appellee caused the lambs to be removed from the range in Idaho and placed in pastures, cared for and fed, pending shipment, at an extra expense to it of…
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