Houston & T. C. R. v. Crowder

Appellee shipped 162 stock cattle from Stamps, Ark., to Waller, Tex., and sued appellant for damages alleged to have been suffered by reason of the negligent delay of appellant in transporting said cattle from Corsicana to Waller, also for damages suffered by reason of appellant failing to water and feed said cattle. It was further alleged that the cattle were unloaded at Waller on February 23, 1910, into a pen haying an unfastened gate, causing nine head, of the value of $135, to escape, that eight, of the value of $120, died after arriving at .destination, and that the remainder depreciated…