Legal Opinion
Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Scott
Texas Supreme Court
Decided October 31, 1890No. 3068PublishedCited by 29 opinions
Appeal from Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. R. E. Beckham.
1Opinion of the Court
STAYTON, Chief Justice.—
This action was brought by appellee originally against the receivers of the Texas Pacific Railway Company to recover the value of seventy-one head of cattle alleged to have been killed while in their custody as common carriers, and to recover the value of forty other cattle which it was alleged had not been delivered.
*361Subsequently the Missouri Pacific Railway Company was made a defendant, and judgment sought against it as well as the receivers.
John C. Brown answered as receiver of the Texas Pacific Railway Company, and no further notice seems to have been taken of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- International & G. N. Railroad v. Smith CountyTexas Supreme Court · 1882
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