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NOR. PAC. RY. v. WALL

No. 350.

241 U.S. 87 (1916)

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. v. WALL, ADMINISTRATOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 24, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles Donnelly for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Thomas J. Walsh, with whom Mr. Walter Aitkin was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action to recover for injuries to cattle being transported in interstate commerce, the gravamen of the complaint being that the cattle were unreasonably delayed in transit and consequently were greatly reduced in weight and emaciated in appearance.

The cattle were shipped in January, 1912, from Belgrade, Montana, to the Union Stock Yards at Chicago over two connecting railroads —...

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