Southern Kansas Railway Co. v. Morris
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Roberts County. Morris sued the railway company and recovered judgment. It was affirmed on appeal by defendant, who thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
This suit was brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error to recover damages to certain cattle which were shipped over its line of railway. He recovered a judgment which was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals.
There were two herds of the cattle, one of which was contracted to be shipped and were shipped in the name of the plaintiff and the other in the name of one J. P. Sutton. The Sutton cattle belonged to the firm of Sutton Brothers, who, before the action was brought, had assigned their claim to the plaintiff. The damage to the cattle was…
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