Gray v. Oregon Short Line Railroad
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, for Blaine County. Hon. James E. Bothwell, Judge. Action for damages. Judgment for defendant.' It is the duty of a carrier to transport stock with as little delay as possible. The handling of the train is a matter within the power of the defendant. The shipper has no control over it.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, for Blaine County. Hon. James E. Bothwell, Judge. Action for damages. Judgment for defendant.' It is the duty of a carrier to transport stock with as little delay as possible. The handling of the train is a matter within the power of the defendant. The shipper has no control over it. If his stock is injured as a result of negligent delay on the part of the carrier, he is entitled to reasonable compensation for such damages as he may sustain by reason of injury to his stock. (Nelson v. Great Northern By. Go., 28 Mont. 297, 72 Pac.…
1Opinion of the CourtRice, J.
Appellants alleged that on July 3, 1915, they delivered to respondent 3,058 head of lambs for shipment to *703Chicago, Ill.; that respondent did not promptly carry and deliver the property, but, on the contrary, negligently allowed the lambs to remain on Board the cars at Hailey, Idaho, where they were loaded, in the hot sun, without food or drink, for a period of seven hours and ten minutes, thereby causing them to shrink in value and in weight, to the damage of appellants.
The court found that after appellants’ sheep were loaded, they were held at Hailey until completion of loading seventeen…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sisson v. Cleveland & Toledo RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1866
- St. Louis S. F. R. Co. v. ZickafooseSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
- Bosley v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
- Richmond & Danville R. R. v. Trousdale & SonsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
- Tiller & Smith v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
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