Scharff v. Trinity & Brazos Valley Railway Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court .of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Limestone County. The action was by Eussbaum & Scharff and the insurance company against the Trinity & Brazos Valley Railway Company for loss of cotton by fire. Defendant had judgment and plaintiffs appealed. On affirmance, Eussbaum & Scharff obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Yantis
Suit was brought in the District Court of Limestone County, Texas, by Hussbaum & Scharff and the Standard Marine Insurance Company, Limited, of Liverpool, England, as plaintiffs in said court against the Trinity & Brazos Valley Railway Company, defendant therein, to recover of said railway company damages for the loss of 333 bales of cotton, which were stored on the cotton platform of the compress in the town of Mexia, which platform was located by the side of the main line and track of said railway company. The plaintiffs alleged that they were the owners of the cotton, and that it, the said…
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- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. DonaldsonTexas Supreme Court · 1889
- Nussbaum v. Trinity & Brazos Valley Ry. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1912
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