Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Bredthauer

This suit was brought by appellee to recover damages for injury to a carload of cattle shipped by Mm over the line of defendant railway from Morgan, in Bosque county, to Burton, in Washington county, alleged to have been caused by the negligent handling of the shipment by defendant and its employees.

The defendants answered by general de-' nial, and specially pleaded that the cattle, when loaded on the cars by plaintiff at Morgan for shipment, were so poor and weak that they did not have the strength to stand the trip, and that plaintiff was negligent in loading the cattle and having them…