Siemonsma v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Bioux District Court.— Hon. Wm. Hutchinson, Judge. Action at law to recover damages growing out of the negligence of defendant in connection with a shipment of cattle. There was a verdict in favor of plaintiff, on which judgment was entered. Both parties appeal. The defendant will be denominated the appellant; its appeal being first in point of time.
1Opinion of the CourtBishop, J.
We may first dispose of plaintiff’s appeal. Defendant operates a line of' railway from' ■ Chicago west across the States of Illinois and Iowa, crossing the Mississippi river at Savanna. Plaintiff resides at Rock Valley, a station on the line of defendant’s railway in Sioux county, Iowa. On Monday, July 3, 1905, plaintiff delivered to defendant for shipment from Rock Valley to Chicago two hundred and forty-three head of cattle, and it is the contention made by him in pleading that the shipment contract entered into was oral in part. He says that it was orally agreed by defendant that said…
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- Bateham v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1923