McElveen v. Atlantic Coast Line R.

TaVror, J.:

This action was brought in the Florence County, South Carolina, Court to recover damages allegedly suffered by the plaintiff by reason of the alleged negligence and carelessness of the defendant in transporting a carload of mules from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to Take City, South Carolina, alleging that the defendant fed the mules' molded alfalfa hay from which four of said mules died. The answer is a general denial and prays reference to an original uniform livestock contract issued by the originating shipper.

The case came on for trial before the Honorable R. W. Sharkey and a jury…