Starr v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Plaintiffs’ carload of liorses being shipped from Billings, Montana, to Grand Island, Nebraska, was unloaded for feeding at Edgemont, South Dakota. It appears that poison in the hay fed to the horses damaged some and killed others. From a judgment for plaintiffs for damages sustained, the defendant appeals.

Plaintiff Prank Starr, as caretaker provided for in the shipping contract, was present at the time of the feeding, hut the hay and water given to the horses were furnished and fed by the defendant at plaintiffs’ expense. That poison was in the hay was not known until later, and how it got…