Illinois Central Railroad v. Word

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Passing

Affirming,

About April 5,1911, Wili Word purchased in East St. Louis, 111., six horses and six mules, and delivered them to the Illinois Central Railroad Company for shipment to Paducah, Ky., via Brookport, 111. The stock was re-received by the railroad company and transported over its lines to the point of destination, to-wit: Paducah, Ky., *230where it arrived on April 7th. Upon examination, it was found that several of the animals were shinned, cut and bruised, and one of the horses was so seriously injured that it died in some three or four days thereafter.

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