Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Co. v. Sparks
Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Co. v. Sparks
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
The objection that the proof of value of the animals for the injury of which this suit is brought, does not relate to their value at the point from which they were shipped, which value, under the contract, was to control in case of injury, should have been made in the court below. If this had been done, the plaintiff might, and probably would, have introduced other evidence; and, further, for anything that appears in the record, it may be true that the plaintiff, in testifying, was, in fact, referring to the value of the animals at that place. The point cannot be made here for the first time. George’s Miss. Rig., p. 875, §§ 68-86.
The instruction asked and secured by the plaintiff is n'ot accurate, in view of the developed facts. The contract under which the horses were shipped expressly stipulates that the carrier shall not be liable for delay, and it does not appear that, in fact, there was unusual or unreasonable delay. It may be further said that it is evident from the whole facts that, in truth, no-injury was sustained by reason of the mere delay, and that a verdict resting upon that assumption would find no support in the evidence. But, looking to the whole case as developed, we think it clear that the parties and the jury must have understood that the delay meant by the instruction was not the mere failure to transport the car from Vicksburg to Jackson on the day it was received at Vicksburg, but the requirement by the defendant that the plaintiff should load his horses in the evening, and permit the loaded car to be carried from the stock-yards to the train-yard, there
The judgment is affirmed.
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