Houston E. & W. T. Ry. Co. v. Southern Pine Lumber Co.

On the trial of this case to a jury in the county court of Angelina county, the verdict was peremptorily instructed in ap-pellee’s favor against appellants for the sum of $607.40. By its pleading, appellee claimed damages to a shipment of cattle originating on the line of appellant Texas & Southeastern Railway Company and by it delivered to appellant Houston East & West Texas Railway Company, for transportation to Aguilares, Tex. As originally instituted, all connecting carriers from point of origin to destination were made defendants, but before trial all defendants were dismissed except the…