G., C. & S. F. R'y Co. v. Vaughn

Opinion by

Hurt, J.

§182. Common carrier; 'liability of for conduct of connecting line; if it contracts to deliver goods beyond its own line, cannot limit its common-law liability to injuries occurring on its own line; case stated. This suit was in*270stituted in the county court to recover damages to a shipment of cattle from Talpa, Tex., 'to Chicago, 111., and for the failure to deliver thirteen head of said cattle at Chicago, it being alleged that appellant had contracted to carry the same from Talpa to Chicago over its own and connecting lines. -The appellant pleads general denial and special…