Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Carpenter

Opinion by

Strang, C.:

G. M. Carpenter, plaintiff below, on the 4th of July, 1887, placed in the yards of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, at Sedan, Kansas, a lot of hogs preparatory to shipping them. He alleges he made a verbal *258contract with one Ray, agent of said company at Sedan, by which Ray agreed to feed and furnish water to said hogs while they were in the yards, sufficient to keep them in good condition; that Ray did not furnish sufficient water to the hogs, by reason of which eleven of them died; that said contract was made with Ray as the agent of the said railroad company, and…