Houston E. & W. T. Ry. Co. v. Peterson

The appellee, Peterson, sued’ appellant, Houston East & West Texas Railway Company, in one of the justice courts of Nacogdoches county for the recovery of damages sustained inconsequence of alleged negligence on the part of appellant in striking a mule owned by appellee with one of appellant’s trains, the amount of damages claimed being $150, and recovered judgment in that court in the sum of $80. Appellant appealed the case to the county court of Nacogdoches county, and upon a trial in that court appellee recovered judgment for the sum of $85, and appellant has appealed to this court.

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