Vaughn v. Wabash Railroad

Plaintiffs sue for $750 damages for loss in weight of cattle, injury to one steer, and extra expense for feed, alleged to have been caused by the negligent delay of defendant in transporting them from Martinsburg, Missouri, via St. Louis, to Chicago.

The case was tried in the circuit court of Audrain county, and under the direction of the court a verdict was rendered for plaintiffs for $6. Plaintiffs appealed to the St. Louis Court of Appeals, where the judgment below was reversed and the cause remanded. Vaughn v. Railroad, 62 Mo. App. 461. Plaintiffs then filed an amended petition, making…