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The Stockmen's Legal Guide

Introduction

Every man is presumed to know the law, and ignorance of the law is no excuse for a violation of it — so say the maxims. It is however, utterly impracticable for every man to be a lawyer and know all the laws, yet it is practicable for him to be at least passingly familiar with those. laws which govern and control his business.

The laws are the rules and regulations which he is forced to observe for the protection and well-being of himself and his fellowman.

And especially is this true of the stockman. There is, perhaps, no set of men engaged in any business in this state who are so constantly being brought face to face with circumstances and situations which place their rights in jeopardy as is the stockman. Every time he ships in a stallion, a bull or a boar — every time he places them in his fields on the range — every time he ships his stock to market — he is surrounding himself with a perfect maze of duties which must be performed on his part and on the part of others that no one will be damnified.

And he should know just what his rights are under any given case — "forewarned is forearmed."

It is because of these facts that this book has been compiled and written. It sets forth the laws as they were created by statute, with certain decisions of the State Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court interpreting them — which decisions form the nucleus of the various articles.

The author claims no originality of thought in this book — in fact the converse is true. These laws began in their formation upon the beginning of man and are the outgrowth of centuries upon centuries of careful thought and study of the wisest sages of each generation — each generation weeding out the bad and replacing them with good, modifying and extending them and finally handing them down to the succeeding generation for its revision — eventually reaching us in the year 1913 in their present form.

The author does claim, however, that a passing familiarity with the laws contained in this book will mean the saving of hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to the stockmen.

An erroneous impression is sometimes found current as to the conduct of business in a stock yards. It is not infrequently found that the stock yards, the commission houses and the packers are all confounded as one institution. Three separate and distinct branches of business are found in the conduct of the live stock business at all stock yards. The Stock Yards company does not do a business in

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However, not all of the live stock arriving in the stock yards goes direct to the packers. The stock yards has another market. Much of the stock arriving at the yards is unfit for killing. Large numbers of this class of stock, cattle and sheep, especially, are brought by farmers to be taken back to the country to be fed out and made ready for the slaughter house and the meat block.

THE AUTHOR.

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To Whom It May Concern:

This is to certify that I have examined the manuscript for this publication with a view of determining whether or not the same contains a substantial statement of the laws.

While I have not made a clerical comparison still I was unable to detect any errors.

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How to Colledl Claims

Important Suggestions promulgated by Carriers to Secure the Co-operation of the Shipping Public, Endorsed by the Freight Claim Association, Comprising Practically All Carriers in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Honest, frank and hearty co-operation on the part of claimant in presenting claim with proper evidence does much to expedite settlement. The policy of carriers today is to establish the validity of a claim and not to avoid liability.

The Freight Claim Agent is bound to live within the scope of the law and cannot subject himself, his Company or the claimant to the severe fines and penalties imposed by law by paying claims until the facts and measure of legal liability are established. ("It is not the proper practice for railroad companies to adjust claims immediately on presentation and without investigation. The fact that shippers may give a bond to secure repayment in case, upon subsequent examinations, the claims prove to have been improperly adjusted, does not justify the practice." Extract from Interstate Commerce Commission Bulletin No. 3, Article No. 68.)

Any loss or damage, immediately on discovery, should be reported to the Agent of the delivering line, and every opportunity should be afforded him to inspect and verify the same, and in no case should report of this loss or damage be delayed beyond forty-eight hours after receipt of goods.

Delay in making complete investigation is sometimes unavoidable on account of the numerous agencies involved. It must be borne in mind that every claim must undergo some investigation, since reports of loss or damage are not always at the finger tips of the Claim Department.

Delay in adjusting claims for damages often arises through the refusal of consignee to accept property which has been delayed or damaged in transit. It should be understood that the acceptance of such delayed or damaged property does not in any way jeopardize any proper claim which the owner may have against the carrier; in fact, the law expressly provides that a consignee must accept his own property and use all diligence in disposing of it with a view of minimizing loss.

If a carrier fails to acknowledge receipt of a claim, it is an oversight. In acknowledging receipt of claims the official in charge of the Claim* Department furnishes a claim number under which all correspondence pertaining to that claim is handled, and it would very much expedite the work in the freight claim office if reference was made to this claim number in any correspondence from claimant or on statements of account periodically sent.

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