Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Edins

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

Appellee charged appellant with ’ negligence in carrying 154 horses from Pecos to Abilene, Texas, alleging the sudden starting and stopping and violent jerking and jarring of the cars as the principal cause of injury to the horses, on account of which he recovered a verdict and judgment for' $500. Appellant ascribed the injury to overloading, and denied liability as follows: "Further answering herein this defendant says that the stock in question were shipped on written contracts, in which contracts it was specially agreed between the parties that the defendant…