San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co. v. Turney

JAMES, Chief Justice.

The petition of A. M. Turney contained allegations as follows:

That he accompanied a shipment of cattle billed and refuted from Alpine, Texas, to Kansas City, Mo.; that at Flatonia, Texas, the cars containing the cattle were transferred to defend antis line, and it became necessary that a new contract be made with defendant for transportation over appellant’s line, which was executed at the depot by the station agent in the presence of the conductor who had charge of the train which ■was to transport the cattle over defendant’s line from Flatonia, to Waco, which contract…