Bateham v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.

The issues presented by the pleadings were:(1) That plaintiffs, through their agents, delivered to defendant company a carload of stock cattle and a carload of hogs in good condition for transportation.(2) That the cattle and hogs reached their destination in a damaged condition.(3) That there was an unreasonable delay in the transportation of said shipment.(4) That the defendant company negligently and carelessly transported said shipment.

To meet the claims of the petition, defendant company alleged in its answer: (1) Denial of negligence on its part; (2) *661denial of delay in transportation;…