Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Godair

HEAD, Associate Justice.

Appellee instituted this suit to recover of appellant damage alleged to have been sustained to 1275 head of cattle, shipped from Colorado City to Fort Worth over the Texas & Pacific Railway, thence over appellant’s line to Purcell, in the Indian Territory,, thence to Willow Springs, their point of destination, over a connecting-line. The cattle arrived at Fort Worth on time, without injury, and were placed in the pens of the Texas & Pacific Company, where they were fed and watered, and at once tendered to appellant in the usual way of transacting such business between…