St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co. v. Piper
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Douglas District Court. Action by Piper as plaintiff to recover from, the St. L., K. C. & N. Rly. Co., defendant, “his damages sustained by reason of defendants failing to transport cattle of the plaintiff from Kansas City to Chicago, as it agreed to do by its written contract of November 27th 1872, with him, said loss accruing on 18 head of said cattle, and consisting in loss of time, expense of man with cattle, extra feed bill, and damage of cattle by driving…
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Error from Douglas District Court. Action by Piper as plaintiff to recover from, the St. L., K. C. & N. Rly. Co., defendant, “his damages sustained by reason of defendants failing to transport cattle of the plaintiff from Kansas City to Chicago, as it agreed to do by its written contract of November 27th 1872, with him, said loss accruing on 18 head of said cattle, and consisting in loss of time, expense of man with cattle, extra feed bill, and damage of cattle by driving them, and loss in market price, the market having failed while the cattle were detained by defendant.” Answer, general…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
On the 27th of November, 1872, Piper shipped from the stock yards at Kansas City, by the railway of plaintiff in error, a lot of cattle to Chicago. The shipment was under a written contract, of which the following is a copy:
“This agreement, made this 27th of November, 1872, between the St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Company, party of the first part, and G. W. Piper, care Hugh, Reeves & Sturgis, party of the second part, witnesseth: That the party of the first part will forward for the party of the second part the following…
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