Texas Central Railway Co. v. Moore
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth District in an appeal from Tarrant County. Moore sued the Texas Central, the Texas & Pacific and the St. Louis & S.. E. Railway Companies, and recovered against the first and the last named defendants. As to the latter, the St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co., the judgment was reversed on appeal of both defendants, by a ruling settling the case in its favor, the judgment against the Texas Central being affirmed.
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Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth District in an appeal from Tarrant County. Moore sued the Texas Central, the Texas & Pacific and the St. Louis & S.. E. Railway Companies, and recovered against the first and the last named defendants. As to the latter, the St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co., the judgment was reversed on appeal of both defendants, by a ruling settling the case in its favor, the judgment against the Texas Central being affirmed. Appellee obtained writ of error on the judgment of reversal and remand, and appellant, the Texas Central, on the judgment of affirmance.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Gaines
This action was brought by defendant in error, W. R. Moore, to recover of the appellant the Texas Central Railroad Company, the Texas & Pacific Railway Company and the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company damages for injuries to two trainloads of cattle. The route of the shipment was from Albany to Cisco over the Texas Central Railroad, from Cisco to Sherman over the Texas & Pacific Railway and from Sherman to Scullin, I. T., over the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company. The case was tried three times, and upon the last trial defendant in error recovered of the Texas Central…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wootters v. KauffmanTexas Supreme Court · 1887
- Boone v. HulseyTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- Long & Berry v. GarnettTexas Supreme Court · 1876
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- McClaren Rubber Co. v. Williams Auto Supply Co. of Big SpringCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934
- Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. West Bros.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1919
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