Engesether v. Great Northern Railway Co.

Plaintiffs several causes of action all fall under two general heads: First, the failure of defendant on two occasions to furnish him, at the times agreed, cars in which to ship cattle from McIntosh to South St. Paul; second, unreasonable and negligent delay, on both occasions, in the transportation of the cattle after they were shipped. The defendant, by its answer, denied all the allegations of the complaint except the receipt of the cattle from plaintiff for shipment as alleged, and, as a further defense, set up the provisions of the written contract (Exhibit A) under which the cattle were…