Legal Opinion

Continental Oil & Cotton Co. v. Wristen

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 18, 1914No. 7954PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Taylor County Court; E. M. Overshiner, Judge. Action by Wristen & Jolmson against the Continental Oil & Cotton Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtSpeer, J.

Wristen & Johnson, as assignees of one S. C. Gist, brought this suit against the Continental Oil & Cotton Company to recover damages for the destruction by Are of a certain wagon and seed cotton belonging to Gist, and alleged to have been destroyed through the negligence of the defendant. There was a jury trial, and verdict followed by a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, and the defendant has appealed.

[1, 2] The first three assignments of error complaining that the judgment is unsupported by the evidence on the issue of negligence of appellant are overruled. The evidence tends to show and…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Lone Star Gas Co. v. HolifieldCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
  2. Young's Bus Lines, Inc. v. RedmonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1931
  3. Butcher v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1931
  4. Eablonski v. CloseMontana Supreme Court · 1924
  5. Roberts v. Harvey, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1983

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