Arnold v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

The suit was for damages to live-stock shipped under the usual form of signed special contract. The company was to furnish the shipper transportation, on the train with the stock, and he assumed certain duties in relation to the stock, which otherwise the carrier should have performed. After about half of the journey was completed, the carrier refused to allow him further passage on the train with the stock; and thus he was prevented from accompanying it as required in the contract. Upon the trial he showed these facts, but the court directed a verdict *520for the defendant, chiefly, we infer…