Davis Livestock Co. v. . Davis

On 26 January, 1920, the plaintiff delivered to the defendant twenty-four mules for carriage from Eichmond, Ya., to Earm-ville, N. 0. One of them died during transportation, and the plaintiff brought this action to recover its value. There was evidence for the defendant tending to sbow that while the train was at Emporia, Ya., one of the brakemen saw the injured mule, with a hind foot made fast in a transom, or ventilator, presumably by kicking, and with its head and shoulders on the floor; that its face and one eye were disfigured; that it was finally released and then left in the car, and…