Gilleland & Dillingham v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

This was an action against a railroad company for damages to a shipment of horses, the negligence alleged being that the defendant “put and shipped said horses in a car which was wholly unfit and defectively equipped for the shipment of horses.” The court directed a verdict for the defendant." To this ruling, to the .refusal-to allow an amendment to the declaration, and to the admission and rejection of certain evidence the plaintiffs except.

1. The original declaration sounded in tort, and sought to recover on the defendant’s common-law liability as a carrier for failing to provide a suitable…