Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Butler
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Brown. Tried below before Hon. R. P. Conner. Butler and others sued the railway companies and recovered judgment, from which defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
STREETMAH, Associate Justice.
Appellee W. A. Butler brought this suit against the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company for damages to a shipment of cattle, eight cars of which were shipped from San Angelo, Texas, and one from Brownwood, Texas, to East St. Louis, 111.
It was alleged that the eight car loads of cattle were, prior to the shipment, held in a pasture about thirty-four miles from San Angelo, and on October 14, 1899, the agent of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company at San Angelo agreed to furnish eight stable cars for said cattle, and relying on said promise, plaintiff…
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