Stauffer v. New York Central & Hudson River R. R.

Citations

• 66 Pa. Super. 208
• 1917 Pa. Super. LEXIS 227

Syllabus

<p>Carriers — Common carriers — Railroads-—Live stock contract— Delay — Feed, charges.</p> <p>Where a contract for the transportation of cattle from a point in Pennsylvania to Philadelphia contains a “36 hour limitation” with a provision that the cattle shall be “put off at Lancaster, Pa., for feed and water,” and the carrier takes the car over its own line and a connecting line to Philadelphia without going through Lancaster, without apparent delay or any injury from delay, and the shipper orders the cattle sent to Lancaster where they were sold, the shipper cannot claim as elements of damage for breach of the contract, feed charges in Philadelphia, freight charges from Philadelphia to Lancaster, a loss because of a decline in the market price of cattle at Lancaster, yard charges at Lancaster, and feed charges pending the sale.</p>