Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Goggin

SPEER, Associate Justice.

Appellee sued appellants to recover for injuries to a shipment of cattle. In his original petition is contained this allegation: “That by reason of such negligence and rough switching by defendants, and by reason of the long delay caused by the negligence of the defendants’ agents, said cattle were beaten, bruised, killed, crippled, gaunted and starved, and otherwise damaged to such an extent that 126 head were killed and died from the effects of such negligence, and the remaining 510 head that survived said negligent treatment were beaten, bruised gaunted, starved…