Rochelle v. Pacific Express Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bowie County. Tried below before Hon. P. A. Turner. The terms of the reward offered were as follows: “$2,000.00 REWARD. “On the night of December 1, 1906, at or near Red Water, Texas, the joint Express Messenger and Train Baggageman on Saint Louis SouthAvestern Railway train Ho. 4, was murderously assaulted ‘and robbed by two unknoAvn men.
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Appeal from the District Court of Bowie County. Tried below before Hon. P. A. Turner. The terms of the reward offered were as follows: “$2,000.00 REWARD. “On the night of December 1, 1906, at or near Red Water, Texas, the joint Express Messenger and Train Baggageman on Saint Louis SouthAvestern Railway train Ho. 4, was murderously assaulted ‘and robbed by two unknoAvn men. “The Saint Louis Southwestern Railway Company and the Pacific Express Company will jointly pay a reward of $1,000.00 each for the arrest and conviction of the guilty person or persone.”
1Opinion of the Court
LEVY, Associate Justice.
On the night of December 1, 1906, W. J. Grissett, the joint express messenger and baggageman for the Pacific Express Company and the St. Louis Southwestern Bail way Company of Texas, ivas murderously assaulted and robbed at Bed-water, Texas, while performing the duties of his employment; and immediately thereafter, the offending person or persons being unknown, said companies, appellees here, jointly and in writing publicly offered a reward for the arrest and conviction' of the person or persons guilty of said robbery. Thereafter one P. E. Tabor, being the sole…
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