Legal Opinion

Pecos & N. T. Ry. Co. v. Porter

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 26, 1916No. 832PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Deaf Smith County; M. J. R. Jackson, Special Judge. Action by G. H. Porter against the Pecos & Northern Texas Railway Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.

Appellee, B. M. P'orter, in his own right, and as the assignee of the heirs of G. H. Porter and L. Cameron, sued the appellant for the conversion of a car of emigrant movables, transported by the St. Louis & San Francisc'o from Fletcher, Okl., to Qua-nah, Tex., by the Ft. Worth & Denver City Railway from Quanah to Amarillo, and by the appellant company from Amarillo to Bovina, in the month of January, 1907. A jury trial resulted in a judgment in favor of appellee for $2,940, with interest from the 23d day of November, 1914, the date of the judgment.

Appellee and his assignors had decided to…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
  2. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  3. Pennsylvania Railroad v. Puritan Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
  4. Robinson v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  5. White v. YawkeySupreme Court of Alabama · 1895

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Ford v. Tandy Transportation, Inc.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1993
  2. Ligon v. E. F. Hutton & Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1968
  3. R-F Finance Corporation v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
  4. Panhandle & S. F. Ry. Co. v. HubbardCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916
  5. Pittman-Harrison Co. v. Fox Bros.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1921

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