Bratton v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

This is an action by a shipper of live stock against a common carrier to recover damages caused by the negligent delay of the carrier in the transportation of the stock to market. A trial of the issues raised by the pleadings resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. After unsuccessfully moving for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, defendant appealed.

*76Plaintiff had 317 sheep which he desired to ship from Lathrop to Kansas City, a distance of about forty miles, for sale on the live stock market conducted in the latter city. He informed…