Furst-Edwards v. St. Louis S. W. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Hill County; W. C. Wear, Judge. Action by Furst-Edwards & Co. against the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
This suit was brought by appellants against appellee to collect about $10,000 alleged to be due on account of the burning of cotton belonging to appellants, situated on the compress platform at Hillsboro, Tex., on January 16, 1908. The facts will appear from the findings of the jury on special issues, and from the evidence hereinafter referred to in this opinion. The court submitted the case upon the following special issues, which were answered by the jury at herein indicated:
"(1) Was any cotton belonging to the plaintiff damaged or destroyed by fire on the compress platform at Hillsboro on…
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