Pacific Express Co. v. Ross
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Harris County Court; C. G. Wren, Judge. Action by J. O. Ross against the Pacific Express Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtReese, J.
J. O. Ross sued the Pacific Express Company in the justice court for $122.20, the value of a box of automobile parts which had been shipped from Detroit, Mich., by the Everett-Metzger-Flanders Company to J. O. Ross at Houston, Tex., by the Pacific Express Company, and which it was alleged had been lost by the negligence of the express company. The plaintiff had judgment in the justice court for the amount claimed, from which judgment the defendant prosecuted an appeal to the county court, where a like judgment was rendered. From this last judgment, this appeal is prosecuted. The following…
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