Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Harris

Station, Associate Justice.

This action was brought by the appellee to recover damages for injury claimed to have been received by the failure of the appellant, within a reasonable time, to transport two hundred and eighty-five head of beeves from Temple, Texas, to Chicago, Illinois, and to recover the value of one beef claimed to have been lost through the appellant’s negligence.

It is claimed that the beeves were deteriorated in value by the long time in which they were in course of transportation. The appellant alleged that in. consideration that it would transport the beeves at a reduced…