Texas & N. O. R. v. Lide

BOND, Chief Justice.

Appellees, in County Court of Kaufman County, recovered judgment against appellant, in the sum of $545.10, as damages alleged to have been sustained by a shipment of 40 head of cattle from Lufkin to Mabank, Texas. Plaintiffs (appellees here) alleged negligence ■ of the defendant in improper bedding, delay, and rough handling of the cattle in transit, and subsequent damage — 8 cattle killed and 32 injured; also that the cattle were delivered to the railroad at Lufkin in good condition and received at’ Mabank in a damaged condition; thus, relying for recovery upon…