Holt v. Lowden

DUNKLIN, Chief Justice.

Paul Holt shipped by railroad, on a through bill of lading, 23 mares from Rosebud, Montana, to Fort Worth, Texas, and they were delivered at their destination on October 23, 1937, by the trustees of the’ Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Ry. Co., one of the connecting carriers. This appeal is prosecuted by Holt from an adverse judgment rendered in his suit against those trustees for damages claimed by him to have resulted from negligence of the carriers in transportation, which caused the animals to sustain injuries that depreciated their market value in the sum of $667.50.

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