Johnson Grain Co. v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

This action was begun before a justice of the peace of Blue township, Jackson county, to recover damages resulting from the loss of wheat shipped by plaintiff from Johnson, Nebraska, to Kansas City, over defendant’s railway, under a standard form of order bill of lading approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission. A trial in the circuit court ended in a verdict and judgment for defendant which afterward was set aside by the court and a new trial ordered on the ground of error in the instructions. Defendant appealed from the order.

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