Austin & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Slator

KEY, Associate Justice.

Slator sued the Austin & Northwestern Railroad Company for damages for delay in shipment of three carloads of calves, and to recover the statutory penalty for failure to furnish cars after notice given.

The railroad company failed to answer, and judgment by default with a writ of inquiry was taken against it; and thereafter the writ was executed and actual damages assessed at $203, and the penalty at $225.

The company has brought the case to this court by writ of error. There is no statement of facts in the transcript, and no objection is made to the judgment for actual…