Texas N. O. R. Co. v. Mandell

ALEXANDER, Justice.

This suit was brought by a shipper against a railroad company to recover damages for alleged delay and rough handling in the shipment of a car load of livestock shipped from Ben Bolt or Alice, Texas, to Booneville, Arkansas. The jury returned a verdict on special issues and judgment was rendered thereon for plaintiff. The railroad company appealed.

The jury found that the difference between the market value of the livestock as delivered at Booneville and their market value in the condition in which they should have been delivered was the sum of $400. The appellant challenges…