Ft. Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. Atterberry

This is an action to recover damages growing out of a shipment of hogs from Lelia Lake to Ft. Worth. The substance of plaintiff’s allegation is that, on or about the 5th day of June, 1915, he delivered 168 head of hogs to the defendant railway company for transportation from Lelia Lake to Ft. Worth, whereby it became and was the duty of the defendant railway company to transport said hogs between said points expeditiously and deliver them in Ft. Worth in good condition, reasonable shrinkage excepted; that the hogs were loaded on the defendant’s cars at Lelia Lake at 10 o’clock p. m. Saturday,…