Fountain v. Wabash Railroad

This case is a sequel to Fountain v. Wabash Railroad Company, 114 Mo. App. 676, decided at this term. The action is for the recovery of damages alleged to have been sustained as the result of defendant’s negligent delay in transporting 77 head of cattle shipped by plaintiffs from Sturgeon, Missouri, to the stock yards at Chicago. By reason of the delay the stock could not be placed on the market for sale until the day after that on which they could have been sold, had they been delivered in a reasonable time and as the market declined, plaintiffs claim to have sustained a loss on that account…