Pacific Express Co. v. Lothrop

RAINEY, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought by appellee against appellant to recover the value of one Berkshire boar hog. The hog was delivered to appellant company at Bushnell, 111., to be transported to Marshall, Texas. The hog reached Marshall, but died before being delivered, and appellee claims its death was caused by the negligence of appellant.

The first assignment of error complains of the court in refusing to permit defendant to prove that plaintiff gave a Jersey heifer for the said hog, and that said heifer was not worth over $100; the proposition being that the hog had no market…