Geyer v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.

Woods, Judge:

Plaintiff, who loaded a car with cattle at North Caldwell, W. Va., for shipment to Perkiomenville, Pa., via Clifton Forge, Va., recovered a judgment against the initial carrier for $240.00 — the value of two " springer ’ ’ cows lost in transit; and the carrier brings error.

In tracing the shipment, it appears that one of the cows was down'when the car passed Waynesboro, Va., and that it died shortly after arrival at Shenandoah, where the cattle were unloaded for rest and feeding; the other was sick on reaching Hagerstown, Md., and died shortly after unloading there. Both cows were…