Railway Co. v. Henderson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from White Circuit Court. Grant Green, Jr. Judge. Action by Henderson & Jelks against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company.
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Appeal from White Circuit Court. Grant Green, Jr. Judge. Action by Henderson & Jelks against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company. The complaint substantially alleg'ed that plaintiffs purchased, at Auvergne, in Jackson county, Arkansas, 13 head of Jersey cattle; that their vendor, J. T. Henderson, contracted with the Batesville & Brinkley Railway Company to transport the cattle from Auvergne to Searcy in White county, Arkansas ; that the latter company furnished a car, which it had obtained from defendant railway company, for the purpose of transporting the cattle ; that…
1Opinion of the Court
MansEield. "J.
1. We have carefully examined all the evidence contained in this record, and our conclusion is that it admits of no theory on which we can hold it sufficient to support the verdict.
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The action was to recover damages alleged to have resulted from the negligance of the defendant in furnishing for the carriage of the plaintiffs’ cattle a car infected with the germs of Texas fever; and, both by their pleading and requests to charge, the plaintiffs assumed the burden of proving facts from which the jury could reasonably deduce the the following conclusions : First,…
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