Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Cauble
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Shackelford County Court; J. A. King, Judge. Action by C. M. Cauble and another against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company and another. From a judgment against it in favor of plaintiffs and the other defendant, the defendant named appeals.
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Appeal from Shackelford County Court; J. A. King, Judge. Action by C. M. Cauble and another against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company and another. From a judgment against it in favor of plaintiffs and the other defendant, the defendant named appeals. The defendant Morris testified that the conductor said he sent a message to the dispatcher, asking permission to make his train a through freight, so that he could reach the morning market with the cattle, and that the .dispatcher replied that he must go ahead and do his work along the route as originally directed.
1Opinion of the Court
SPEER, J. C. M. and W. H.
Cauble instituted this suit in the county court of Shackelford county against the Texas Central Railroad Company and the Texas & Pacific Railway Company to recover damages for the alleged failure on the part of the railway companies to exercise ordinary care in the transportation of 139 head of cattle from Albany to Ft. Worth, resulting in the loss of the morning market of September 26, 1912. The defendants answered, the Texas Central Railroad Company sought judgment over against its codefendant, there was a trial before a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment for…
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