Bradford v. McAdoo

Plaintiff was the owner of twenty-four heads of valuable live stock consisting of stallions, hulls, jacks and jennetts which he desired to ship from Columbia, •'Missouri, to Fayette, Mississippi. Defendant was director general of railways and as such in charge of the Wabash Railway, a common carrier. Plaintiff shipped the stock from Columbia to Fayette by the usual form of written contract or bill of lading at a freight rate agreed upon therein, the Wabash being the initial and the Illinois Central the destination carrier. More than one-half of this stock became sick and died from exposure…