Horse Exchange v. . R. R.

The plaintiff sued to recover damages for injuries to horses and mules shipped by it from East St. Louis, in the State of Illinois, to Washington, N.C. over the defendant's line of railway, the Norfolk Southern Railroad, and the lines of intermediate carriers. There were two shipments. One, consisting of twenty-six horses and twenty-six mules, was made on 2 January, 1912, and the other, consisting of twenty-two horses and four mules, on 18 January, 1912. Plaintiff alleged that some of the animals were either killed or missing, and others seriously injured and damaged by the negligence of the…