Payne v. Tisdale
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Bed Biver County; Ben H. Denton, Judge. Action by A. C. Tisdale against John Barton Payne, Agent, and another. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
HODGES,' J.
This appeal is from a judgment for damages in favor of the appellee, Tisdale, against John Barton Payne, govern- meat agent in charge of litigation against railroads, and J. A. Robinson, who was a local agent of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. In his amended original petition the appellee alleged that in November, 1920, he went to the railway depot at Detroit, in Red River county, for the purpose of sending a telegraphic message; that Robinson was the agent of the telegraph company and of the railroad company at that place. After delivering the message to Robinson the latter,…
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- Brooker v. SilverthorneSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1919
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