Freeman v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, El Paso County; P. R. Price, Judge. Action by Mrs. M. E. Freeman and others against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWalthall, J.
This suit was brought by appellants to recover of appellee the value of a race horse shipped by W. B. Freeman, from Dallas, Tex., to El Paso, Tex., on ap-pellee’s line of railroad. It is alleged that while en route the horse was taken with shipper’s fever from exposure and want of attention, and died in a few days after reaching its destination. Appellee is charged by appellants with negligence in not properly caring for the horse while in its care and custody, negligence in failure to exercise ordinary care in transporting the horse within a reasonable time. The view we take of the case we…
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