Montgomery v. Davis

This is a suit in damages for the negligent failure to deliver a shipment of cattle to the consignee as per contract.

Plaintiff is a farmer and stockman residing near Quitman, in Nodaway County, Missouri, and was engaged in the business of raising pure bred Aberdeen Angus cattle and disposing of the same for breeding purposes. Defendant Walker D. Hines (who was later substituted as defendant), was the Director General of ^Railroads in charge of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, over which road the shipment was made.

Plaintiff and his two neighbors, named Carden and Johnson, combined in…