Hardin v. Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co.

SPEER, Associate Justice.

On July,11, 1902, one Toney shipped Ms household goods, hogs, chickens, etc., over the appellee’s line of road from Avondale, Texas to Henrietta, Texas. Under the contract of shipment with the company, the appellant rode in the car to look after and care for the property. The car reached Henrietta late in the afternoon of the day—too late to be unloaded—and was cut out of the train and left on a side track until the return of the 'train from Wichita Falls on the next morning, when'it was coupled onto and spotted at the platform where it could be unloaded. Appellant…