Burtis v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

This is an action to recover $1,039.47, alleged damages on account of negligent delay in transportation of cattle from Spokane, Washington, to Grand Island, Nebraska, which delay required the steers to be held over until the next regular sale, one week later. A judgment for $433 was entered upon the verdict which the jury returned.

The plaintiff, a resident of Kearney, had been engaged in the live stock business for 35 years, handling some*535thing like 50 carloads a year, and was in Spokane to purchase feeder steers to sell on the Grand Island live stock market. He made inquiry* of the agent of…