Baird Bros. v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Louisa District Court. — Oscar Hale, Judge. Action at law brought by plaintiffs, who are stock shippers, for damages for refusal of defendant company to furnish cars to ship stock from the town of Marsh, Iowa, to Chicago. Plaintiffs allege they were compelled to keep the cattle in the stockyards of defendant for some time at expense, to their damage in the sum of $200. The case was tried to the court without a jury, upon an agreed statement of facts.
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Appeal from Louisa District Court. — Oscar Hale, Judge. Action at law brought by plaintiffs, who are stock shippers, for damages for refusal of defendant company to furnish cars to ship stock from the town of Marsh, Iowa, to Chicago. Plaintiffs allege they were compelled to keep the cattle in the stockyards of defendant for some time at expense, to their damage in the sum of $200. The case was tried to the court without a jury, upon an agreed statement of facts. The court found for plaintiff, and rendered judgment against defendant for tlie sum of $200. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
The petition alleges, in substance, that plaintiffs are stock shippers, and that on Monday, June 10, 1912, they gave notice to the agent of defendant at Marsh, Iowa, and ordered two cars to be furnished to the plaintiffs at defendant’s station at Marsh, Iowa, for Wednesday, June 12, 1912, for the shipment of 52 head of cattle; that plaintiffs had no notice from defendant or its agent that said cars would not be furnished at said time, or that the said cattle would not be taken by defendant for shipment on that day; that, at about 8 or 9 o’clock in the morning of June 12, plaintiffs delivered…
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