Gray v. Wabash Railway Co.

— This is an action for loss of profits and for expenses suffered by plaintiffs on account of the failure of defendant to transport a merry-go-round in the time agreed. Plaintiffs recovered a verdict and judgment in the sum of $500 and defendant has appealed.

The facts show that about August 5, 1924, plaintiff, Gray, went to defendant’s agent, Warden, at Kirksville and requested a baggage car to transport a merry-go-round except the center pole, from Glenwood, a town twenty-five miles distant from Kirksville, to the latter point on Sunday, August 31st. He asked for a baggage car because he…