Kansas City, M. & O. Ry. Co. v. Russell
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Foard County Court; G. W. Walthall, Judge. Suit by W. S. J. Russell against S. B. Hov-ey and another as receivers of the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway Company of Texas and another. By an amended petition said railroad was made defendant in place of the receivers. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant railroad appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHuff, C. J.
Russell originally brought suit against S. B. Hovey and M. L. Mertz, as receivers of appellant railway company and the Ft. Worth & Denver City Railway, for damages to a shipment of cattle from Crowell, Tex., to Ft. Worth,' Tex., occasioned by the usual alleged rough handling. After-wards, the appellee amended his petition, making the appellant a party defendant in place of the receivers, dismissing the receivers from the suit. In the ninth paragraph of the amended petition it is alleged that at the time of the shipment and when the suit was filed, and service had, appellant was then in the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wells, Fargo & Co. v. BenjaminTexas Supreme Court · 1915
- Ft. Worth & R. G. Ry. Co. v. BallouCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- Hovey v. WeaverCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad v. LaneCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1908
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- Texarkana & Ft. Smith Ry. Co. v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1925
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