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

Tom W. Hines and son, Ben J. Hines, sued the Gulf, Colorado Santa Fé Railway Company, hereinafter called Santa Fé Railway, for damages, alleging that on October 9, 1925, they shipped from Venus, Johnson county, a carload of live stock, consisting of 8 jacks, 7 jennets, 4 mules, and 1 mare, destination Dallas, to be unloaded at the Fair Grounds; that the car upon reaching Dallas was negligently placed upon a side track and left standing there from about 3 o'clock in the afternoon of October 9th until 9:30 p. m. of the same day; that it was raining and the weather was cold, and the live stock…