San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co. v. Stribling
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Llano County. Stribling sued the San Antonio & A. P. Railway Company and the Houston & T. C. R. R. Co. for damages and penalties, and recovered judgment. Defendants appealed and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
This action was brought by the defendant in error, Stribbling, to recover of the plaintiffs in error, the San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Company and the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company, damages and penalties for which plaintiff claimed the defendants had become liable to him in the shipment of certain hogs over the two roads from Kerrville, on the first road, to Graphite, on the second.
The hogs, amounting to four carloads,* were owned by plaintiff at Kerrville and, desiring to ship them to Graphite, he applied to the first named defendant's agent at…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Inman & Co. v. St. Louis Southwesten Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1896
3Cited by3 opinions
- Elder, Dempster & Co. v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1913
- Thompson v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1910
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1909