Saner-Whiteman Lumber Co. v. Texas & N. O. R.

This suit was brought by appellee against the appellant and the Ca-ro Northern Railway Company to recover damages for the alleged conversion by defendants of steel railroad rails alleged to have been worth, at the time of their conversion, the sum of $65,000. Plaintiff’s petition alleges in substance: That the rails converted by defendants were leased by it to the appellant lumber company to be used in laying a track for a tram railroad operated by the lumber company in Nacogdoches county; that by the terms of said lease contract, which was executed on June 1, 1905, it might continue in force…