Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. Reid

Simmons, Justice.

1. Reid sued for the value of a mule which he alleged was injured while being transported on the defendant’s *378railroad, the injury resulting in its death. He testified that the mule was worth from $150 to $160; and this was objected to and a motion made to rule it out, on the ground that it varied and contradicted the written contract of shipment, which contained a stipulation as to this mule and others shipped at the same time, that in case of damage, the value at the place and date of shipment should govern the settlement, and the amount claimed for ■a mule should not exceed…