Houston & T. C. Ry. Co. v. Claybrook

This case originated in the justice court, precinct No. 1, Falls county, and was brought by appellee, J. H. Clay-brook, against the appellants, International & Great Northern Railway Company and Houston & Texas Central Railway Company. In the justice court appellee's pleadings were as follows:

“Plaintiff’s demand being for the sum of $174.20, due as damages caused to shipment of cattle by plaintiff over defendants’ railroads from Perry, Tex., to Port Worth, Tex., on or about October 9, 1922; said damages being as follows: Shrinkage upon said cattle due to delay in shipment, $31.50; damage…