Missouri Pacific R'y Co. v. Breeding

Opinion by

White, P. J.

§ 154. Common carriers; negligently breaking machinery in transit; measure of damages for; special damages not cdleged cannot be proved; negligence never presumed; burden of proof of, etc. This suit was brought by appellee September 5,1887, against appellant, to recover damages in the sum of $350 and interest, alleged to have been *218done to a newspaper folding machine, shipped from Erie, Pennsylvania, about October 4,1886, to appellee, in Rock-dale, Texas, over the Empire Fast Freight Line and connecting lines of road, appellant being the last connecting line and the…