Salmans v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

On March 4, 1920-, the plaintiff sued the railway company, alleging that on March 5, 1918, he shipped over the railroad of the defendant two carloads of fat cattle from Belpre to Kansas City, Mo.; that twenty hours would have been a reasonable time, but that the defendant took thirty-nine in which to deliver them, thereby causing great shrinkage and loss of a day’s market and damage to the plaintiff in the sum of $683.39. April 1, 1920, the railway company filed a demurrer and July 20, 1920, the plaintiff filed an amended petition making the…