Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Co. v. Thompson

CONNER, Chief Justice.

— We' are of opinion that the judgment must be aErmed. While the fact that B. S. Thompson actually received the net sum of six hundred and seventy-one dollars and" five cents would be incompetent as proof of what his cattle sold for on the market, it was certainly not hearsay, and no other objection appears to have been made to the testimony. The trial court’s consideration of the exception was limited to the particular objection made (Rule 58, for District and County Courts'), and obviously we should not go beyond it. See Rector v. Hudson, 20 Texas, 234; Wheeler v.…