Nebraska Supreme Court, 1917

Sandhill Land & Cattle Co. v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Sandhill Land & Cattle Co. v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Nebraska Supreme Court · Decided March 16, 1917 · Rose, Sedgwick
101 Neb. 24; 161 N.W. 1053; 1917 Neb. LEXIS 55

Sandhill Land & Cattle Co. v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Opinion of the Court

Rose, J.

This is an action to recover damages prescribed by statute for delay in the transportation of live stock. Rev. St. 1913, secs. 6018, 6019. From a judgment in favor, of plaintiff for $400, defendant has appealed.

The invalidity of the statute under which the action was brought is pleaded as a defense. Since the appeal was taken the statute has been declared unconstitutional. Davison v. Chicago & N. W. R. Co., 100 Neb. 462. On authority of that decision, the judgment of the district court is reversed and the cause remanded.

Reversed.

Sedgwick, J., not sitting.

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