FOOD AND WATER. 497 



and the wants of the cattle demand such attention. Such. 

 abandonment by the agent in charge does not impose the 

 burden of care upon the carrier to the extent of reheving the 

 shipper of his duty to care for his stock under the shipping, 

 contract."^^ 



Apart from such considerations as these, the carrier is 

 ordinarily not liable where the shipper has especially agreed 

 to feed and water his stock; ^^^ unless such liability is im- 

 posed by statute.^^* But a company's obligation to unload, 

 feed and water the stock when transferring them to another 

 company, cannot be imposed on the owner even if he is ac- 

 companying them under a contract to take care of them while- 

 in transit.^^^ And where the carrier contracts not to be li- 

 able beyond its own terminus, it is, notwithstanding, liable 

 for injuries resulting from a refusal to feed and water the 

 stock at its terminus, though the injuries do not appear un- 

 til the stock are on a connecting line.^^^ Where the period 

 of confinement is regulated by statute, a connecting carrier 

 is bound to take notice of the fact as to how long the animals- 

 had been confined by the former carrier.^i'' 



It is not necessary to allege in the petition the places on the 

 road where the defendant failed to feed and water the 

 stock.^i^ 



A ship is answerable for damages for insufficiency of food 



'" Ft. Worth & D. C. R. Co. v. Daggett, 87 Tex. 322, reversing 27 S. W. 

 Rep. 186. 



^' Mo. Pac. R. Co. V. Tex. & Pac. R. Co., 41 Fed. Rep. 913; Cent. R. 

 Co. V. Bryant, 73 Ga. 722; Burgher v. Chic, R. I. & P. R. Co., 105 la. 

 335; Mobile & O. R. Co. v. Francis (Miss.), 9 South. Rep. 508; Cleveland, 

 C, C. & St. L. R. Co. V. Patterson, 69 111. App. 438. 



'" Comer v. Columbia, N. & L. R. Co., 52 S. C. 36. 



="' Dunn V. Hannibal & St. J. R. Co., 68 Mo. 268. 



""Galveston, H. & S. A. R. Co. v. Ivey (Tex. Civ. App.), 23 S. W. 

 Rep. 321; Galveston, H. & S. A. R. Co. v. Herring (Tex. Civ. App.), 

 24 id. 939. See Tex. Pac. R. Co. v. Stribling (Tex. Civ. App.), 34 id. 

 1002, cited supra. 



'" Comer v. Columbia, N. & L. R. Co., supra. 



"' Gulf, C. & S. F. R. Co. V. Wilhelm, 4 Tex. App. (Civ. Cas.) 4i3- 

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