Hollis Cotton Oil, Light & Ice Co. v. Marrs & Lake
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Tarrant County; Bruce Young, Judge. Action by the Hollis Cotton Oil, Eight & Ice Company against Marrs & Lake. Judgment for defendant on a cross-action, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
This is an appeal from an adverse judgment against the appellant as plaintiff in a suit in which it sought to recover for certain feed furnished and freight charges paid on a shipment of cattle from Ft. Worth, Tex., to Hollis, Old., and a judgment in favor of defendants, Marrs & Take, on their cross-action for damages for alleged breach of contract.
Plaintiff alleged that on October 12, 1915, defendants delivered to the railroad company at Ft. Worth ten carloads of bulls for shipment to appellant, Hollis, representing to the railroad company that the freight charges would be paid at the…
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