Mason v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.

Plaintiff sued defendant to recover for loss and damage alleged to have been caused by reason of delay in the shipment of a car of cattle from Wakefield, Nebraska, to the Union Stock Yards, Chicago. The case was tried before the court without a jury. Finding for plaintiff and judgment against the defendant for $375.35. To reverse this judgment the defendant has appealed. Plaintiff has not appeared or filed a brief in this court.

The statement of claim sets up a contract entered into at Wakefield, Nebraska, on or about September 27, 1927, whereby defendant undertook to carry within a reasonable…