St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Chambliss
Texas Supreme Court
Questions certified by the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Navarro County.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
The Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District has certified for decision two questions, which are in substance, (1) whether or not the right of recovery by the owner of stock killed or so injured as to totally destroy its value, as defined by article 4528, Revised Statutes of 1895, includes the right to interest on the value of such stock from the date of its destruction to the date of trial; and, if so, (2) is the trial court authorized to peremptorily instruct the jury to allow such interest.
1. This provision of the statute was adopted in 1860 (Paschal’s…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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