I. & G. N. R. R. v. Server

Opinion by

Will-son, J.

§441. Railroad strike; liability of railroad company for delay in transporting freight in case of; rules as to; case stated. On March 5, 1886, Server & Stiles delivered to the agent of the I. & Gr. N. R. R. Co., at its station at Taylor, Texas, sixty beef cattle to be shipped over its line of railway and connecting lines to Chicago, Illinois. On the morning after said delivery, and before the cattle were started on said journey, it was ascertained by said agent that there was a “strike” on one of the connecting lines, which prevented the transportation of said cattle…