Lancaster v. Rogers & Adams
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, El Paso County; Ballard Coldwell, Judge. Action by Rogers • & Adams and others against J. L. Lancaster and another, as receivers of the Tesas & Pacific Railway, and the Panhandle & Santa Fé Railway Company. Judgment for the Panhandle & Santa Fé Railway Company but against the receivers, and the latter appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
* Writ of error granted February 22, 1922. This is an action brought by Rogers Adams against J. L. Lancaster and C. L. Wallace as receivers of the Texas Pacific Railway, together with the Panhandle Santa Fé Railway Company, to recover damages by reason of the alleged negligent handling of a carload of 34 head of mules originally contracted to be shipped over the Texas Pacific Railway from El Paso, Tex., to Chillicothe, Tex., via Sweetwater, but diverted by the shippers at Sweetwater to Adrian, Tex. The negligent acts charged against the receivers and submitted to the Jury are rough handling…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Southern Pacific Railway Co. v. R. E. Maddox & Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1889
- St. Louis, San Francisco & Texas Railway Co. v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1909
- Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. RobertsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1910
- Texas & New Orleans Railway Co. v. WhiteCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1901
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. ArnettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1905
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Ross v. WilkersonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1925
- Lancaster v. HollebekeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1921
- Howard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928