John Sexton & Co. v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.

Plaintiff had a judgment for $11,256.67 against the defendant. The basis of plaintiff’s claim is for damages claimed to have resulted through the failure of the defendant to transport seven cars of sugar from Port Huron, Michigan, to Chicago within á reasonable time, the damages being caused by a decline in the market price of sugar. The position of the defendant was and is that it was guilty of no negligence in transporting the sugar but that the delay was caused solely by what is designated as an “outlaw” strike of the switchmen in Chicago, which made it impossible to deliver the cars to…