Thompson v. Schletze

SLATTON, Justice.

A. E. Schletze sued Guy A. Thompson, trustee of the International-Great Northern Railroad Company, in the District Court of La Salle County, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained to a carload shipment of onion and cabbage plants which moved over the lines of said railroad from Texas to St. Louis, Missouri. Special issues were submitted to a jury and upon favorable answers Schletze recovered judgment for the sum of $1591.32. Thompson appeals.

Appellant’s first proposition complains of the action of the court in submitting to the jury the measure of damages as of…