Legal Opinion

Saint Louis, Arkansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Mathews

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 12, 1889No. 2837PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from Bowie. Tried below before Hon. John L. Sheppard. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

STAYTON, Chief Justice.

This action was brought by appellee against T. J. Lowe and the appellant company to recover from the former a sum claimed to be due from him, and to establish and foreclose a lien on appellant’s railway to enforce its payment.

Appellee sought to recover $329.56 from Lowe, who was alleged to have been a contractor, engaged in furnishing railroad ties to appellant to be used in construction and repair of its railway, to whom he claims to have delivered ties at fixed prices, which were used in the construction and repair of the railway.

To show the character of his claim…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Tenneco Oil Company v. Padre Drilling CompanyTexas Supreme Court · 1970
  2. Matzinger v. Harvard Lumber Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1926
  3. Hubbell v. Texas Southern Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1910
  4. Sparks v. Crescent Lumber Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1905
  5. Krakauer v. Morris R. Locke & Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1894

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