Thompson v. Southern Pac. Co.

Citations

• 121 La. 994
• 46 So. 993
• 1908 La. LEXIS 782

Syllabus

<p>Carriers — Connecting Carriers — Live Stock Shipment — Liabilities.</p> <p>A delivering carrier, having received a lot of mules which were in bad condition, as the result, apparently, of neglect whilst in the hands of the receiving carrier, and having at once unloaded, fed, and watered them, and within 24 hours forwarded them to their destination, is not liable for the damages sustained by the shipper in the depreciation in the value of the animals; but, being a party to the contract under which the mules were transported, such receiving carrier, upon the refusal of the owner to take them, was at liberty to deal with the matter as it saw fit, for the protection of its own interests, and, having agreed that the mules should be cared for at its expense, until other provision should be made, is liable, under the contract, for their care and feed.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 9, Carriers, §§ 950, 951.]</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>