International & Great Northern Railroad v. Moody

Hobby, Judge.

The plaintiff in the court below, recovered a judgment against the International & Great Northern Railroad Company for the destruction by fire of a car load of fruit trees and shrubbery, at" the depot of said company, in Austin, Texas, to which point it was transported by defendant, and consigned to plaintiff, in November, 1884.

It was urged by the appellant, under the fourth and fifth assignments of error, that “the evidence showed, that the International & Great Northern Railroad was leased to the Missouri Pacific Railway Company in June, 1881, and which latter company operated…