Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Sklar

MONTEITH, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal in an action brought by appelleé, Louis Sklar, against appellant, Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company, for damages to a shipment of cattle over appellant’s line from Hitchcock, Texas, to Bowring, Oklahoma.

Appellee alleged that on April 3, 1936, he delivered to appellant 34 head of stock in sound condition for shipment from Hitchcock, Texas, to Bowring, Oklahoma; that during such shipment they were in the exclusive control of defendant’s employes and wholly out of plaintiff’s possession; that defendant delivered only 21 head of cattle to…