St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Smith

CONNER, Associate Justice.

Appellee brought this suit to recover the value of certain cattle shipped from Plain Dealing, La., upon a through bill of lading to Fort Worth, Texas, alleging that appellant accepted the shipment under said bill from a connecting carrier at Texarkana, Texas, and carried the cattle to Fort Worth, where the freight was tendered to it, and delivery refused.

Appellant answered by general denial, and that at the time and long before said shipment, it was a violation of the quarantine laws and police regulations of the State of Texas to bring Louisiana cattle, such as…