Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co. v. Garrison

Defendant in error, as plaintiff below, brought this action against the railway company for damages in transporting for plaintiff 231 head of cattle and calves from Logan, N. M., the point of origin, to Oklahoma City, the point of destination. Plaintiff’s petition sets forth two causes of action for damages, though not separately stated and numbered as such. He alleges that as the owner of 231 head of cattle and calves, “at about 12 o’clock noon” on September 28, 1929, he “delivered said cattle and calves to the defendant at Logan, N. M., for loading and transportation to Oklahoma City,…