Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Edwards
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. B. J. Boykin, Special District Judge. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
STAYTON, Chief Justice.
This action was brought by appellee to recover damages for injury to cattle shipped by him from a point in Texas to a point in New Mexico, and it resulted in a judgment in his favor.
There is no statement of facts and but two questions presented. From a. bill of exceptions it appears that appellant proposed to introduce in evidence one clause in a shipping contract, which provided that in event ■of total loss the measure of damages should be the value of the cattle at time and place of shipment.
This was objected to on the ground that there was no pleading to authorize…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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