Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. Davis
Texas Supreme Court
Application for writ of error to Court of Civil Appeals for Third District, in an appeal from Travis County.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
—The defendant in error, W. O. Davis, sued the plaintiff in error for damages alleged to have been caused to some horses shipped from Marble Falls, over the road of the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company, to a point in the State of Georgia. There is no controversy that the damage was caused on the road of the plaintiff in error.
The railroad company set up in its answer, as a matter of defense, that a contract of shipment from Marble Falls to Georgia was entered into in writing between the parties, and that by the terms of the said contract the shipper agreed,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. HarrisTexas Supreme Court · 1886
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