Panhandle & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Talmage
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Deaf Smith. County Court; Jas. A. Hughes, Judge. Action by Frank Talmage, Jr., against the Panhandle & Santa Fé Railway Company and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHuff, C. J.
This action was brought by Talmage against the appellant Panhandle & Santa Fé Railway Company and other roads, as connecting carriers, for the value of a carload of hay, and for the statutory penalty of 5 per cent, per month of the value for detention of the hay. The jury found that the value of the hay on the 29th of June, 1914, was $164.64, and answered the following special issue: “Did the defendant willfully refuse to deliver said hay after its arrival at destination?” in the affirmative. We take this statement of the facts from appel-lee’s brief:
“On June 22, 1914, Frank Talmage, Jr., the…
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