Texas Midland R. R. v. Hargrove
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Delta County; Wi. Pierson, Judge. Action by J. W. Hargrove, Jr., against the Texas Midland Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRasbury, J.
Appellee sued appellant for $1,016.06, alleged to be the difference in the market value at Cooper, Tex., on March 25, 1913, of a shipment of 118 bales of cotton consigned by appellee to W. D. Cleveland & Son at Houston, and delivered to appellant for transportation, and its market value at Houston, a month later, when delivered there by appellant. The right to recover the difference in market value was based upon the refusal of appellant, after the cotton was loaded upon its cars attached to a train at Cooper, Tex., and but a few minutes before its departure, to agree to stop the shipment…
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- Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad v. DayIllinois Supreme Court · 1858
- Sharp v. ClarkUtah Supreme Court · 1896
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