Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. of Texas v. Dale Bros. Land & Cattle Co.

Appellees, Dale Bros. Land & Cattle Company, filed this suit in the county court of Clay county against the appellants, Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texas and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company, alleging the shipment by the plaintiffs, over the defendant companies’ lines, of 105 steers from Henrietta, Tex., to the National Stockyards, Ill., said shipment leaving its point of origin July 5, 1914, and reaching its destination on the morning of July 9th. Plaintiffs alleged injuries resulting from delay, rough handling, and failure of the cattle to reach their destination…