Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Jones
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, "Fourth District, in an appeal from Yalverde County. Jones sued the Galveston, H. & S. A. and the St. Louis, B. & M. Bailway Companies and had judgment. Each of the defendants obtained writ of error on the affirmance of the judgment against it. on its appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brown
Jones entered into a verbal contract with the agent of the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexican Bailway Company to transport fourteen hundred head of steer cattle from Caesar, Texas, a station on the said railroad, to Placedo, at which place it connected with the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Eailroad Company, there to deliver the cattle to the last named company to be by it transported to Standart, in Kinney County. By the terms of the parol contract the cattle were to be shipped through in the same cars. At Bobstown, a station on the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Bailway Company between…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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