Vincent, Albin & Strahl v. Hines

— Appellee, a copartnership, was, in 1918, engaged in the business of buying and shipping horses to market. On January 3d of that year, a carload containing twenty-four horses and one mule was delivered to appellant by appellee at West Branch, Iowa, for transportation to Atlanta, Georgia. The car was carried over appellant’s lines to Burlington, where it was delivered to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway *1226Company, a connecting carrier, by which it ivas transported to East St. Lonis, Illinois. B. F. Strahl, one of the members of the copartnership, accompanied the stock from the 'initial…