Gault v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Gault v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The appellee shipped 181 head of cattle under the usual written contract, prepared by the railroad company, from its station at Richmond, Kan., to the stockyards on the line between Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo.
On the trial there was evidence that fully sustained ■all these claims. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the appellee for $510.14 damages and $150 attorney’s fees. By the special findings the damages are apportioned as follows:
“1. If you find for the plaintiff, how much, if anything, do you allow for decline in price of cattle? $358.10.
“2. If you find for .the plaintiff, how much do you •allow for shrinkage in weight of eattlé? $152.04.
“3. If you find for the plaintiff, how much, if anything, do you allow for attorney fees? One hundred fifty dollars.
“1. If you find for the plaintiff, how much, if anything, do you allow for shrinkage in weight of stock from the time the shipment left Richmond until it was delivered at the stockyards at Kansas City? Ans. Nothing.”
The court rendered judgment in accordance with the verdict and overruled the appellant’s motion for a new trial. The only item contested on the appeal is the ■finding of $152.04 for shrinkage in the weight of the •cattle after they arrived at the yards. The appellant cites Railway Co. v. Wright, 78 Kan. 94, 95 Pac. 1132;
The judgment is affirmed.
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- W. E. Gault v. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
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- Syllabus
- SYLLABUS BY THE THE COURT. Negligence — Delay in Shipping Cattle — Shrinkage in Stockyards — No Notice of Such Shrinkage Necessary. Where cattle, shipped on a railroad to market, are unreasonably delayed in transportation and arrive about four hours after they should have arrived if transported at the rate of fifteen miles per hour, and, by reason of the delay and the closing of the market, the cattle are held until the following day and a shrinkage of about twenty pounds per head results therefrom, damages should be allowed therefor, and it is immaterial whether or not the notice required by the shipping contract is given at the time of the arrival of the cattle.