Hines v. Broad

Statement.

BAUGH, J.

William Broad sued the appellant in the district court of Brown county, on November 10, 1920, for damages to a shipment of 398 head of cattle from Dublin, Tex., to Fort Worth, over the Frisco Railway, and thence to Texline, via the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. The plaintiff’s pleadings contain the usual allegations of negligence, delays, rough handling, etc., common ■ to damage suits on live stock shipments, claiming that nine head were killed and the remainder damaged $5.50 per head, aggregating a total damage of $2,614.15). The defendant answered by general and special…