Honeyman v. Oregon & California R. R.

This is an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant as a common carrier to recover damages for the alleged killing of a dog delivered to the defendant to be transported by its railway from Portland to North Yamhill. The complaint is in the usual form against common carriers, and the substance of the allegation is that, in consideration of the sum of two dollars, the defendant received of the plaintiff four dogs, to be safely conveyed by its railway from Portland to North Yamhill, but that the defendant so negligently conducted itself in carrying said dogs that one of them was…