Legal Opinion

Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Henson

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 19, 1909PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Midland County. Tried below before Hon. Jas. L. Shepherd.

1Opinion of the Court

SPEER, Associate Justice.

R. N. Henson sued the Texas & Pacific Railway Company to recover nineteen hundred and seventy-five dollars damages for negligence in handling a shipment of cattle from Stanton to North Fort Worth. The defendant answered and impleaded the Fort Worth Belt Railway Company. This latter company, after being cited, filed its plea of privilege to,be sued in Tar-rant County, the county of its domicile, which plea was heard on its merits and sustained by the court. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company for eighteen…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. RobertsTexas Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Kentucky & I. Bridge Co. v. Louisville & N. R. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kentucky · 1889
  3. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. McKnightTexas Supreme Court · 1905

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. San Antonio, U. & G. Ry. Co. v. StoreyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  2. St. Louis, B. & M. Ry. Co. v. Wood Bros.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1912
  3. St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co. v. KnoxCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
  4. Murphy v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1928
  5. San Antonio, U. & G. Ry. Co. v. StoreyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914

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