Quanah, A. & P. Ry. Co. v. Collier
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Motley County; J. A. P. Dickson, Judge. Action by R. L. Collier and another against the Quanah, Acme & Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiffs', and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHendricks, J.
Collier and Chalk, the appellees, as owners of eleven car loads of cattle, sued the appellant, the Quanah, Acme & Pacific Railway Company, for damages to the cattle, alleging a contract of shipment with appellant from Roaring Springs, Tex., to Kansas City, Mo., with the privilege of the Oklahoma City market. They aver that they delivered the 345 head of cattle to defendants at its stock pens at 8 o’clock, August 12, 1913, according to an agreement with the carrier, for the purpose of shipment, and that defendant detained said cattle at Roaring Springs until 2 o’clock of that date, at least…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Reeves v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1895
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. RogersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1908
3Cited by1 opinion
- Quanah, A. & P. RY. Co. v. CollierTexas Commission of Appeals · 1919