Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Hale

This was an action on the case, brought by appellee against appellant, in the court below, to recover for injuries to a jack, which appellant undertook to carry for appellee from Burlington, Iowa, to Monmouth, in this State.

The declaration contains two counts. In the first it is merely charged, after alleging the undertaking to carry, etc., that through the negligence of appellant and its servants, while the jack was being carried from Burlington to Monmouth by appellant, as a common carrier for hire, he was wholly lost to appellee, whereby he was damaged $1000.

The second count is, in…