Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Morris

J. P. Morris sued the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fé Railway Company in the district court of Coleman county, Tex., to-recover damages caused to a shipment of cattle transported from Coleman, Tex., to Fora-ker, Okl., alleging that 29 head of the cattle were killed as a result' of the rough, reckless,' and negligent handling of same in shipment. The railway company interposed a plea that this was an interstate shipment, not on a *1018through bill of lading, and that' liability was limited to its own line, wbieb was authorized under the Cummins Amendment to the Carmack Law (U. S. Comp. St. § 8604a). If…