Norfolk & Western R. R. v. Sutherland

Citations

• 89 Va. 703
• 17 S.E. 127
• 1893 Va. LEXIS 90

Syllabus

<p>Common Carriers—Contract—Liability.—The defendant company agreed to deliver cattle, from a point on its line to a point on the line of the Virginia Midland railway, to the latter company at Lynch-burg; and plaintiff agreed to load, transfer, and unload them at his own cost. At Roanoke, a regular feeding-place for stock in transitu, necessary arrangements for unloading, feeding, and reloading were provided by the company, and there a mistake in reloading occurred, by defendant’s default, whereby some of plaintiff’s cattle were sent to another point and other cattle were mixed with his.</p> <p>Held:</p> <p>The company was liable for the consequent loss.</p>