Hair v. Wichita Valley Ry. Co.

This suit was brought by Hair against the Wichita Valley Railway Company to recover damages alleged to have been occasioned him by the failure of defendant to furnish cars, and also for damages to the shipment of cattle from Petrolia, Tex., on defendant’s line to Fort Worth, Tex., by reason of rough handling of the cattle. A trial before a jury on issues submitted to and answered by them resulted in the trial court rendering a judgment for defendant, from which appeal was taken to this court.

The plaintiff’s petition prayed for special damages incurred by reason of necessity for herding cattle…