John Wade & Sons v. Batesville Hog Co.

The appellees, Batesville Hog Company, sued the appellants, John Wade & Sons, for seven hundred one dollars and thirty-five cents as damages for the loss of twenty hogs and the shrinkage or loss in weight of other hogs, due to appellants’ negligence in shipping inferior corn and chicken feed instead of tankage, which was fed to the hogs, causing them to die, and others to lose weight from alleged ptomaine poisoning caused by the feedstuff. There was a decree in favor of appellees, hog company, for two hundred and fifty dollars, which was for the loss of the dead hog's due to being fed with…