Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Thompson

HODGES, Associate Justice.

This suit was instituted by the appellee to recover penalties for unjust discrimination provided for in art. 4574 of the Bevised Civil Statutes.

Findings of Fact.—At the time of filing this suit, and for some years prior thereto, the appellee was engaged in the business of retailing lumber at Taylor, in Williamson County, Texas. He purchased a large amount of his lumber from the Thompson-Tueker Lumber Company at its mills at Willard, a small station situated on the line of the appellant railway company running from Trinity, in Trinity County, through Corrigan, in Polk…