Betts v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

I. Plaintiffs shipped from Des Moines to Keokuk, Iowa, on defendant’s line of road, a car load of horses and mules. When the car reached its destination, it was found that some of the slats forming the sides and inclosure of the car had been broken, and that one horse and two mules were injured. Just how the injury occurred does not conclusively appear, but it is appellant’s theory that it *344was caused by the kicking of the animals, and such a conclusion has support in the evidence. The petition is in three counts, and appellant contends that it is apparent from the record that the findings for…