Texas N. O. R. Co. v. East

WALKER, Chief Justice.

On trial of this case in county court, Jim Wells county, appellees, A. L. & T. T. East, recovered judgment, principal, and interest in the sum of $766.46, against appellant, Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company, for damages to a shipment of cattle from Heb-bronville, Tex., to New Orleans, La. The jury found that the cattle were in good condition when delivered to the carrier, and that some of them were “in a bad condition” when the shipment arrived at its destination. The actionable negligence found by the jury, proximately causing the damages sued for, were: (a) The…