International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. Wentworth
Texas Supreme Court
Application for writ of error to Court of Civil Appeals for Fourth District, in an appeal from District Court of Bexar County. This is an appeal from a judgment against the International & Great Northern Bailway for damages caused by delay, etc., in carrying a shipment of sheep from Kerrville, Texas, to Chicago.
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Application for writ of error to Court of Civil Appeals for Fourth District, in an appeal from District Court of Bexar County. This is an appeal from a judgment against the International & Great Northern Bailway for damages caused by delay, etc., in carrying a shipment of sheep from Kerrville, Texas, to Chicago. It was alleged that by special contract with an agent of the receiver, Campbell, then in charge of the road, the sheep were to be delivered via the Iron Mountain Boad within four days. Touching this special contract, the Court of Civil Appeals states: “In reference to the negotiations…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
The application for writ of error in this case is refused, for the reasons that the Court of Civil'Appeals correctly held that the evidence did not establish a contract to ship and deliver the sheep within a given time, as alleged; and also because there does not appear from the facts as found to have been any evidence that the deviation from the agreed route caused the plaintiff any damage.
We have not felt called upon to determine the correctness of the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals upon the question as to the power of the receiver of a railroad company to…
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