St. Louis & Southwestern Railway Co. v. J. A. Kay & Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Question certified by Court of Civil Appeals for First District, under section 35 of act to organize the Courts of Civil Appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Associate Justice.
In this case the Court of Civil Appeals for the First Supreme Judicial District certify to us for our determination, the question whether article 279 of the Revised Statutes is repealed by the Act of April 2, 1887, which amends article 4227.
Article 279 reads as follows: “ Upon the tender of the legal and custom ary rates of freight on goods offered for transportation to any common carrier whatever, such carrier shall receive and transport such goods, provided his vehicle or vessel has capacity safely to carry the goods so offered on the trip or voyage then pending,…
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