Miller v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.

— This is an action by a shipper of cattle against a common carrier to recover damages caused by negligent delay in the transporation of the property. The cause is before us on the appeal of defendant from a judgment recovered by plaintiff in the circuit court.

The cattle were shipped from defendant’s station at Columbia, Missouri, January 16, 1905, under a spe: cial live stock contract signed by both plaintiff and defendant. Plaintiff desired to sell the cattle and for that purpose to ship them to the market at Chicagp via St. Louis, with the privilege of unloading at St. Louis stock yards to…