J. W. Stewart & Son v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

The plaintiff firm is engaged in the business of shipping stock from Keota to Chicago, Ill., and at about 3 -.30 o’clock P. M., April 19, 1912, ordered a car of defendant’s local agent, in which to ship hogs, on the following morning at about 11 o’clock A. M., on the stock train. As there were cars on the sidetrack, the agent accepted the order, and plaintiff had enough hogs brought to the yards during the afternoon to make out a load. At about 7 o ’clock P. M.,' the plaintiff was informed that the so-called stock train would not run the next day. It appears that the different station agents…