Morrow France v. Wabash Railway Co.

This is an action to recover damages for loss sustained by plaintiff to a carload of animals consisting of fourteen horses and ten mules. The evidence shows that on March 25, 1923, plaintiffs and defendant entered into a contract whereby defendant agreed to ship the livestock in question from Macon, Missouri, to New Orleans, La. The shipment did not reach New Orleans. On.account of their bruised and maimed condition when they arrived at East St. Louis the connecting carrier at that point refused to accept the stock for further shipment and with the exception of two mules it was sold there by…