Legal Opinion
Conley v. Sherman, Shreveport & Southern Railway Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided January 11, 1897PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Petition for writ of error to Court of Civil Appeals, Third District, in an appeal from Morris County. Conley brought the suit against the Railway Company and recovered judgment for penalties, aggregating $300, from which defendant appealed. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed the judgment and rendered it in favor of appellant. The appellee, Conley, thereupon applied for a writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
This suit was instituted in the District Court by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error to recover the penalty prescribed in the following article of the Revised Statutes:
“Article 322. Common carriers are required, when they receive goods foi transportation, to give to the shipper, when it is demanded, a bill of lading or memorandum in writing, stating the quantity, character, order and condition of the goods; * * * * and in case of their refusal to execute and deliver a bill of lading or memorandum in writing, as above required, they shall be liable…
2Cited by5 opinions
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- Power v. City of BreckenridgeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1927
- Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. HicksCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
- Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion, Texas Attorney General Reports1969