Ft. Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. Morgan
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Wichita County Court; Harvey Harris, Judge. Action by J. R. Morgan against the Ft. Worth & Denver City Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtConner, C. J.
The appellee recovered a judgment for damages alleged to have resulted to a ear load of his cattle shipped from Burk Station, in Wichita county, to Ft. Worth. As alleged in his original petition, the damages were proximately caused by a breach of a contract on appellant’s part to ship the cattle from Burk Station on the 21st day of July, so as to reach Ft. Worth in time for the market of July 22d. The defendant answered, among other things, that the delay, which was at Burk Station before the transportation began, was not caused by its negligence, but by the burning of a bridge on a line of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co. v. BarnettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1901
- St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad v. LaneCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1908
- Chicago, Rock Island & Texas Railway Co. v. HalsellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1904
- Weesen v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1914
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. NoelkeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1910
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- Fort Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. LemonsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1924
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