Rail. Co. 



286 CAHRYING HORSES. 



Thus, in Coxon v. Great Western Raihcay Compan!/ {o), 

 the plaintiff delivered cattle at a station of the Shrews- 

 bury and Hereford Railway Company, to be conveyed to 

 Birmingham, and signed a contract-note with that com- 

 pany, one of the terms of which was, that the company 

 would not be subject to liability for any damage arising 

 on other railways. The cattle were placed on a truck of 

 the defendants lying at the station, and were conveyed in 

 it along the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway to Shrews- 

 bury, and then on the defendants' line to Birmingham. 

 Between Shrewsbury and Birmiogham the cattle were 

 injured by the floor of the truck giving way ; and it was 

 held that, as the contract of carriage was with the Shrews- 

 bury and Hereford Company for the entire journey, the 

 defendants were not liable. 

 Criily. Man- In Gill V. Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Raihcaij 

 chesie>'^ ^r. Company ( p) , the Great Northern Railway Company and 

 the Manchester Railway Company had agreed that a 

 complete and full system of interchange of traffic should 

 be established from all parts of one company and beyond 

 its limits, to all parts of the other company and beyond its 

 limits, with through tickets, through rates and invoices, 

 and interchange of stock at junctions, the stock of the two 

 companies being treated as one stock. The agreement 

 provided for the division of the traffic. The plaintiff, 

 wishing to send a cow from Doncaster to Sheffield, went 

 to the station of the Grreat Northern Railway Company at 

 Doncaster and booked her- for Sheffield by the Manchester 

 line. He signed a contract, by which it was agreed that 

 the cow was to be conveyed upon certain conditions, one 

 of which was as follows : — " The Grreat Northern Railway 

 Company gives notice that they convey Horses, Cattle, 

 Sheep, Pigs and other live stock in waggons, subject to 

 the following condition : That they will not be respon- 

 sible for any loss or injury to any Horse, Cattle, Sheep, or 

 other animal, in the receiving, forwarding or delivering, if 

 such damage be occasioned by the kicking, plunging or 

 restiveness of the animal." The cow was put into a truck 

 belonging to the Manchester Railway Company, and was 

 conveyed to Sheffield, where their servant, who was in 

 charge of the yard or loading place, let her out of the 

 truck, although he was cautioned by the plaintiff not to 



(o) 29 L. J., Ex. 1G5 ; 5 H. & (;j) L. R., 8 Q. B. 186; 42 L. J., 



N. 274. Q. B. 89 ; 28 L. T., N. S. 587. 



