Ft. Worth & R. G. Ry. Co. v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Hood County Court; W. L. Dean, Judge. Action by C. B. Jones against the Ft. Worth & Rio Grande Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
The Ft. Worth Rio Grande Railway Company has appealed from a judgment rendered against it in favor of C. B. Jones for damages to a shipment of 85 head of cattle from the station Boss to the stockyards in North Ft. Worth, the distance covered by such shipment being about 20 miles.
The cattle were consigned to the Cassidy Southwestern Commission Company in North Ft. Worth, but the defendant company's line did not extend to the point of destination, its nearest approach to that point was about 5 miles distant, where it connected with the Ft. Worth Belt Railway.
On September 5, 1917, the cattle…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hunter v. Southern Pacific Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1890
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. ArnettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1906
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