Breeding Assn. v. . R. R.

Action for damages to one horse, called "Jay Bird's Delight," shipped from Lynchburg to Greensboro, under a "live-stock contract" of carriage, which provided, among other things, that the shipper "will indemnify and save harmless the railroad company against claims arising out of loss or injury to said live stock accruing from . . . (c) heat, suffocation or other ill effects of being crowded in cars," and which limited the amount of recovery to $100.

From verdict and judgment, defendant appealed. The case is further stated in the opinion of MR. JUSTICE BROWN. The evidence tends to prove that…