Houston & T. C. Ry. Co. v. Roberts

This suit was brought by Austin Roberts and Lee Badtke against appellant in a justice court of Harris county to recover the sum of $167.50 as damages for injury to cattle shipped by plaintiffs from Nacogdoches, Tex., to the tovra of Hock-ley, a station on appellant’s railroad in Harris county. Plaintiffs also asked for recovery of $20 as attorney’s fees because of the failure of appellant to pay said damages within 30 days after written claim therefor had been presented to it, thereby forcing plaintiffs to employ an attorney to prosecute this suit. The sum of $20 attorney’s fees is alleged to…