International & G. N. Ry. Co. v. Carter
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Bexar County Court for Civil Cases; Ed. II. Wickes, Special Judge. Action by O. G. Carter against the International & Great Northern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCarl, J.
Appellee sued the appellant for possession of a Ford automobile, tendered $49.20 freight alleged to be due thereon, and sequestered the car. The railway company answered, alleging that a mistake had been made in the rate under the interstate rate as fixed by the I-Iepbum Act, and in a cross-action sued appellee and the sureties on the sequestration bond for freight in the sum of $131.20; also $25 for storage on the car after it arrived at San Antonio.
The trial was before the court without a jury. Judgment was in favor of appellee; that is, the railway company was given judgment for the…
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