Tex. & Pac. R'y Co. v. Hays

Opinion by

White, P. J.

§ 390. Consolidation of suits; not error to refuse, when; case stated. Appellees brought this suit to recover of appellant $1,000 damages for an alleged refusal by appellant to receive and ship one hundred and sixty thousand feet of lumber on its line of railway. Appellee also instituted a similar suit against appellant for refusing to receive and ship cross-ties, at a different date. Appellant moved to consolidate these two suits, and to dismiss, when consolidated, for the want of jurisdiction. The motion to consolidate was overruled, and appellee recovered judgment for…