St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. of Texas v. Kerr
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Tarrant County Court; Chas. T. Prewitt, Judge. Suit by Edgar Kerr against the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company of Texas. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDunklin, J.
Edgar Kerr instituted this suit against the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company of Texas to recover damages for alleged injuries to a shipment of cattle over the defendant’s railway from the town of Commerce, to the city of Ft. Worth, and from a judgment in plaintiff’s favor the defendant has appealed.
The suit was based upon allegations of negligence in the following respects: (1) In failing to provide suitable pens at Commerce for holding the stock until they could be shipped; (2) that the cattle were held in such pens awaiting shipment for an unreasonable length of time; (3) that the…
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