St. Louis, B. & M. Ry. Co. v. Sutherland
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Jim Wells County Court; L. Broeter, Judge. Suit by J. W. Sutherland against the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway Company and another. Judgment for plaintiff. Upon appeal to the county court judgment was again rendered for plaintiff in a lesser amount, and the named defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFly, C. J.
This is a suit for damages to certain cattle shipped over appellant’s and another lino by appellee from Bay City, Tex., to San Diego, Tex.; the grounds of negligence being delay and rough handling. The cause was submitted to a jury on special issues, and upon the answers thereto judgment was rendered in favor of appellee for $161.70. The suit originated in the justice’s court, where appellee obtained a judgment for $185.
Appellee testified that some of the cattle were fat and none of them were “thin.” He testified that he loaded the cattle so as to place the small cattle in ears by themselves,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. PowersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1909
- Texas N. O. R. Co. v. DrahnCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
- S. L. S. F. R. R. Co. v. BrosiusCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1907
- Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. KingCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- Kansas City, M. & O. Ry. Co. v. CaveCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Fike v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1925