Bowers v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Action in the district court for Cass county for damages to plaintiffs live stock and household furniture alleged to have been sustained by defendant’s negligence as a common carrier in transporting the property from Spencer, in Boyd county, to Cedar Creek, in Cass county, Nebraska. The defendant had the verdict and judgment, and the plaintiff has appealed.

It appears that the plaintiff chartered a box-car of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company at Spencer, in which he placed his live stock, consisting of a stallion, a gelding, a pony, one cow, about 75 chickens, and some household…