Texas N. O. R. Co. v. Drahn
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Denton County Court; S. H. Hopkins, Judge. Action by J. F. Drahn and others against the- Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and said defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSpeer, J.
This is an ordinary action for damages to a shipment of cattle made by J. F. Drahn and Edgar Kerr over the lines of the Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company and the Texas & Pacific Railway Company, the former handling the shipment from Beaumont to Dallas-and the latter from Dallas to Ft. Worth. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff against the initial carrier, for $270.80 and against the terminal carrier for $54 and the former has appealed.
[1,2] The court’s definition of ordinary care as “the doing of something which an ordinarily prudent person would not do or the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co. v. GreathouseTexas Supreme Court · 1891
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. PowersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1909
- Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co. v. ShanleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1904
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- St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. of Texas v. WeathersbeeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1929
- Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. BuckCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1921
- San Antonio A. P. Ry. v. Jackson AllenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916
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