Strauss Bros. Packing Co. v. American Insurance

Strauss Bros. Packing Co., Inc. (Strauss) is engaged in raising calves to full-term (18 weeks) for market. Collapse of a portion of the roof on a barn in which 220 calves were being raised reduced the available space and compelled the slaughter of 125 of those calves in the fourteenth week of development be cause of cold, lost space, cramped conditions, and ineffective feeding conditions. The 125 slaughtered calves brought approximately 61^ per pound, while full-term calves sold at that time at 11 ‡ per pound. The 95 calves when sold at the completion of the 18-week term weighed an average of…