McFall v. Wabash Railroad
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. James H. Slover, Judge. (.1) Defendant’s demurrer to the evidence should have been sustained for the reasons: First — Under the Contract of shipment, entered into between plaintiff and defendant, plaintiff was not entitled to recover; Second i — No negligence on the part of the defendant was shoAvn; and, Third — Plaintiff did not suffer any damages on account of shrinkage or decline of market price of the hogs.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. James H. Slover, Judge. (.1) Defendant’s demurrer to the evidence should have been sustained for the reasons: First — Under the Contract of shipment, entered into between plaintiff and defendant, plaintiff was not entitled to recover; Second i — No negligence on the part of the defendant was shoAvn; and, Third — Plaintiff did not suffer any damages on account of shrinkage or decline of market price of the hogs. (2) Defendant can limit its common law liability. Smith v. Railway, 87 S. W. 10; Wyrick v. Railway, 74 Mo. App. 406; Duvenick v. Railway, 57…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
Action to- recover damages from a common carrier on account of negligent delay in the transportation of live stock to market. Plaintiff recovered judgment and defendant appealed.
Prom the evidence introduced by plaintiff, it appears that defendant, as a common carrier for hire, received from plaintiff at Pattonsburg, Missouri, ninety-two head of fat hogs, which it undertook to deliver at the stock yards in Kansas City, Kansas. The shipment left Pattonsburg at about eight o’clock one Sunday evening and, if carried with ordinary dispatch, should have been delivered in about twelve hours, in time…
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