International & G. N. Ry. Co. v. Sutherland
International & G. N. Ry. Co. v. Sutherland
Opinion of the Court
This is a suit instituted by ap-pellee to recover damages arising from negligence in handling certain cattle and delay in transportation, said cattle having been shipped from Hebbronville, Tex., to Ft. Worth, Tex. There was no contract alleged, except one arising from delivery of the cattle to the Texas Mexican Railway Company to be by it delivered to appellant. Receivers of appellant answered by general demurrer and" general denial. The cause was submitted to a jury on special issues, and upon the answers judgment was rendered for appellee as against appellant for $250, and in favor of the Texas Mexican Railway Company, that appellee recover nothing by his suit.
It was alleged as one of the grounds of negligence that appellant had caused the cattle “to be needlessly unloaded for feed and water, whereby said stock were delayed for many hours.” For some reason not disclosed by the assignment of error, which is submitted as a proposition, objection is made to the submission of the issue, but the record fails to show that any such issue was submitted to the jury. The assignment is overruled.
The evidence is sufficient to sustain the answers of the jury.
The judgment is affirmed.
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