El Paso S.W. Ry. v. Goff Thompson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Sherman County ; D. B. Hill, Judge. Action by Goff & Thompson against the El Paso & Southwestern Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPresler, J.
This is a suit brought by appellees against appellant with certain other roads, as connecting carriers, to recover damages for alleged injury to a shipment of stock, consisting of 1,089 head of cattle, shipped from Carrizozo, N. M., to Stratford, Tex., on the 24th day of April, 1910, alleging that through the negligence of appellant and its connecting carriers said stock were injured and some died as a result of said injuries, and that said negligence consisted in unreasonable delays, rough handling, and in the failure of appellant to furnish the proper cars for the transportation of said…
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