St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Hill & Morris
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Franklin County. Hill and Morris sued the railway company for damages and statutory penalty. Defendant had judgment below. Plaintiff appealed and secured a reversal with rendition of judgment in their favor. The railway company then obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
The defendants in error brought this suit, as plaintiffs, to recover of plaintiffs in error, as defendants, $150 damages and a penalty of $1000 under the provisions of articles 4537 and 4539 of the Revised Statutes, because of the failure of defendant to forward in the order in which it was received, as required by the latter part of article 4537, cotton delivered to it by plaintiffs. The District Court sustained demurrers to the petition and dismissed the cause after hearing the evidence. On appeal this judgment was reversed by the Court of Civil Appeals, and,…
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