Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co. v. Lock

HUNTER, Associate Justice.

Lock sued the railroad company for $950 damages for injuries to two car loads of horses of thirty-one head each shipped from Quanah, Texas, to Monticello, Fla. He alleged that the injuries occurred between Quanah and Fort Worth on appellant’s railroad, and by reason of the jerking and lunging of the train, throwing his horses down in the ears, and thus bruising and injuring them. The defense was general denial, and that the horses were weak and poor, and were crowded in the cars. The jury gave a verdict against the company for $400, upon which judgment was rendered,…