Dawson v. Chicago & Alton Railroad

This was an action for damages alleged to have been caused by delay in the shipment of three cars of sheep from Centralia, Missouri, to Venice, Illinois, opposite the city of St. Louis.

It was admitted that the sheep were shipped under a special contract, by which plaintiff “ agreed to assume the risk of all injuries which said sheep, or any of them, might receive or sustain from delays in the transportation thereof, and that he would assume all risks for damage of whatever kind which might be occasioned or sustained by reason of any delay in such transportation.” Plaintiff testified that…