Hinkle v. . R. R.

This is an action to recover damages for injuries to a carload of cattle resulting from delay in transportation. The complaint, among other allegations, contains the following:

"3. That on or about 4 November, 1896, the plaintiffs shipped from Lenoir, N.C. to Hickory, N.C. over the railroad of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad Company, thirty head of cattle; that said cattle were shipped from Lenoir, N.C. on Wednesday, 4 November, 1896, at 2 o'clock a.m., and reached Hickory at about 4 a.m., of the same morning, and were at once turned over to and received by the defendant for further…