Daily v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.

This is an action at law to recover damages for the loss *482of one cow and injury to another, which plaintiff alleged was caused by negligence of the defendant railway company in handling and taking care of the shipment. As a defense defendant alleged that if any of the cattle and calves were injured, crippled, or died while in transit, such injury and death was due to the inherent nature, disposition and propensities of the animals to injure themselves and each other, and not due to any negligence on the part of defendant. Further answering, defendant alleged that plaintiff was negligent in…