Susong v. Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad

Susong sued the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company for damages alleged to have been sustained by the failure of the defendant to safely transport and deliver certain live stock which it had contracted to deliver to the plaintiff. The trial resulted in a verdict in favor of the defendant, and the case is here upon a bill of exceptions sued out by the plaintiff, complaining that the court refused to grant him a new trial. While the evidence was conflicting in some particulars, the jury could have found therefrom the following state of facts: The plaintiff delivered to the Southern…