Thompson v. Davis

This is an action at law to recover damages for the loss of certain horses and injury to others, which plaintiff alleged was caused by negligence of defendant in feeding the animals certain timothy hay at McComb, Mississippi. The shipment originated at Paxton, Nebraska, a town on the line of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, destined for Amite, Louisiana, and consisted of two carloads of horses. The Union Pacific Railroad Company and the director general of railroads were named as defendants, the shipment moving over the Union Pacific Railroad and the lines of connecting carriers. Defendant…