Texas-Mexican Ry. Co. v. Sutherland

This is a suit by ap-pellee, G. W. Sutherland, against the appellant, the Texas-Mexican Railway Company, as the initial carrier for damages to a shipment of cattle transported from Norway, Tex., to the National Stockyards in the state of Illinois.

Appellee alleged that he delivered to defendant seven carloads of cattle, consisting of 182 head, for interstate transportation by defendant and its connecting carriers between the points above named; that defendant and the connecting carriers, in disregard of their duty and through negligence, roughly handled and delayed the transportation of said…