Davis v. Lock

In this cause appellee Fred G. Lock was given a judgment of §550 against “James C. Davis, Director General of Railroads as Agent, in accordance with section No. 206 of the Transportation Act,” as damages found by the jury to have resulted to him from the negligent handling of a train load of live stock shipped from Vin-ton, La., to Blessing, Tex., via the Louisiana Western Railway as initial carrier, and the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company as the delivering carrier.

The shipment left Vinton, La., on August 9, 1917, and arrived at Blessing, Tex.,. on August 11, 1917, under a…