Legal Opinion

Waples-Platter Grocer Co. v. Texas and Pacific Railway Co.

Texas Supreme Court

Decided May 19, 1902No. 1105PublishedCited by 58 opinions

Question certified from the- Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Eastland County.

1Opinion of the Court

GAINES, Chief Justice.

The Court of Civil Appeals of the Second Supreme Judicial District have certified for our decision the following questions:

"On April 35, 1898, L. C. Downtain instituted suit in the District Court of Eastland County against the Texas and Pacific Railway Company for damages in a cattle shipment, securing a judgment in his favor on the 38th day of March, 1899. From this judgment on May 30, 1899, the railway company perfected an appeal to this court upon a sufficient supersedeas bond. January 30, 1900, the said judgment of the District Court was affirmed here, which, so far…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Texas Trunk Railway Co. v. Jackson Bros.Texas Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Capes v. BurgessIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Hochstadler Bros. v. SamTexas Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Kreisle v. CampbellTexas Supreme Court · 1896
  5. Taylor v. Scherpe & Koken Architectural Iron Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1896

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3Cited by58 opinions

  1. Seguros Tepeyac, S.A., Compania Mexicana De Seguros Generales v. Maynard Bostrom and James L. JerniganCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
  2. In the Matter of James T. Bohart, Bankrupt. The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York v. James T. BohartCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
  3. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. NakanoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
  4. In Re Texas American Express, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2005
  5. Af-Cap, Inc. v. Republic of CongoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006

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