St. Louis-S. F. Ry. Co. v. Hensley

This action was originally instituted in the district court of Oklahoma county by E. L. Hensley filing his petition against the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, alleging that he had four carloads of hogs to ship from Altus, Okla., to the market at Oklahoma City, Okla. He claims that he applied to the agent of defendant at Altus, Okla., for cars in which to ship said hogs; that such agent told him to bring his hogs in and the cars would be ready for him the next day, and relying upon the agreement thus made, he delivered the hogs to the stock pens of defendant, but that no cars were…