Legal Opinion

Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Edwards

Texas Supreme Court

Decided October 28, 1890No. 2789PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. R. B. Willing, Special District Judge.

1Opinion of the Court

HOBBY, Judge.—

Appellees J. L. Edwards and B. Gatewood sued the Missouri Pacific Railway Company on June 28, 1886, to recover damages on a through shipment of cattle from Itaska, Texas, to Deming, Hew Mexico.

The grounds upon which they claimed a recovery were the delay on the part of appellant in transporting the cattle and the reckless and negligent manner in which the appellant’s servants operated and handled their train, • resulting in bruising and injuring the cattle; and upon the further ground *310of the inadequate provision made by appellant for the proper and necessary feeding, watering,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. TisdaleTexas Supreme Court · 1889

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. EstillSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co. v. McCrummenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911
  3. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. SherrodTexas Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Pacific Express Co. v. NeedhamCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1904
  5. Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. WilmCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1894

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