Legal Opinion

International & G. N. Ry. Co. v. Lyon

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 13, 1917No. 763PublishedCited by 4 opinions

• Appeal from Leon County Court; C. D. Craig, Judge. Suit by W. T. Lyon against the International & Great Northern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtHiggins, J.

Appellee, on August 7, 1915, filed suit in tlie justice court to recover the sum of $100, the value of a horse alleged to have been killed by one of appellant’s trains. Upon a trial de novo in the county court, judgment in his favor was rendered in the sum of $100. This judgment permits recovery of interest from its date. The railway company appeals. The pleadings of plaintiff are shown by the citation in the justice court. It is alleged that the horse was of the value of $100, and was killed November S, 1913, and that by its death plaintiff had been damaged in the sum of $100. He asked…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Pecos & Northern Texas Railway Co. v. RayzorTexas Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway Co. v. MathewsTexas Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Merchants' Reciprocal Underwriters of Dallas v. First Nat. Bank of CanadianCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
  4. Ft. Worth & R. G. Ry. Co v. AlbinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916
  5. Strickland v. DuffieCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. City of San Antonio v. PfeifferCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
  2. City of San Antonio v. PfeifferCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
  3. International & G. N. Ry. Co. v. LyonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
  4. Wichita Valley Ry. Co. v. MarshallCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922

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