Quanah, A. & P. Ry. Co. v. Galloway

Appellee Galloway sued appellant in the county court of Cottle county for the loss of certain cows and damage to the remainder of the cows, in a shipment from Ft. Worth to Paducah, Tex. There was a verdict and judgment in appellee’s favor of $225.

Appellant first assigns error upon the failure of the court to charge the jury upon the measure of damages. While the general rule is that omission on the part of the court to charge cannot be made the basis of an assignment of error in the appellate court unless a special charge has been requested by the appellant, a failure to charge upon the…