Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Arnold

STEPHENS,

Associate Justice.—This is a case in which the shipper of cattle between two points in Texas undertook by special contract to feed and water and take care of them at his own risk and expense. After the cattle were loaded at Atlanta, Texas, destined for shipment over appellant’s line, of railway to Weatherford, Texas, the owner, appellee Arnold, placed them in charge of G. V. Crawford and A. M. Dodd, but instructed them not to water and feed the cattle while in transit, the run between the two points named not being a very long one-. But he train was delayed, and the conductor at…