Chicago, R. I. & G. Ry. Co. v. Liberal Elevator Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Potter County; Hugh L. Umphres, Judge. Action by the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Company and another against the Liberal Elevator Company and others. Prom a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHendricks, J.
The appellee the Liberal Elevator Company sued the appellants, the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Company and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, in the justice court of Potter county, Tex., on five different alleged causes of action, ranging in amounts involved from the sum of $2.75, the smallest, to $7.17, the maximum, and in each suit asked for $10 attorney’s fees. Each of said suits is based upon an alleged loss and shortage of coal shipped by the elevator company as consignor, and received by it as consignee. Four of the said shipments have a common origin, to wit,…
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