Percy v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

The appellant is. the receiver .of a canning company located at Dexter. We shall refer to said company as the appellant. Appellant was engaged in the business of canning corn. For the purpose of carrying on its business, appellant purchased cans in carload lots of the Continental Can Company of Chicago. Appellant seeks to recover special damages for injury to corn that appellant was unable to pack because of the delay in transporting certain carloads of cans which were shipped over appellee’s railroad from Chicago to Dexter. Motion for directed verdict was based upon several grounds. It was…