Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Mitchell

This suit was filed by the appellee, W. O. Mitchell, in the justice’s court, precinct No. 1, San Augustine county, against appellant, Gulf, Colorado & Santa F'd Railway Company, to recover the value of a horse, which was alleged to be $150. It was claimed by the appellee that the horse was killed while being shipped over appellant’s railroad from Harlingen, Tex., to San Augustine, Tex. In the justice’s court the case was tried without a jury, resulting in a judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $150, and defendant appealed to the county court. Upon trial in the latter court with a jury a…