Legal Opinion

West v. McMahon

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 29, 1919No. 6153PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from Live Oak County Court; W. W. Caves, Judge. Suit by Duval West and another, receivers of the San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad Company, against O. McMahon, wherein defendant filed a cross-action.

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Appeal from Live Oak County Court; W. W. Caves, Judge. Suit by Duval West and another, receivers of the San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad Company, against O. McMahon, wherein defendant filed a cross-action. From a judgment for plaintiffs, and against defendant on his cross-action, defendant appealed to the county court; and from a judgment there for defendant against plaintiffs on the cross-action, and against plaintiffs and for defendant on plaintiffs’ cause of action, plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtSwearingen, J.

This suit was original- ’ ly filed in the justice court, precinct No. 1, Live Oak county, Tex., by the appellants against the appellee, to recover $71.25, representing an undercharge on a shipment of 8,000 feet of lumber, and an immigrant’s outfit, from Lamarque, Tex., a station on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company’s line, to Kittie, Tex., a station on the line of the appellants; and at the same time the appellants sued out a writ of sequestration, and took into possession certain property belonging to the appellee, whicn was then in possession of the appellants, and asked that a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Pecos & North Texas Railway Co. v. Canyon Coal Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Houston & T. C. Ry. Co. v. LewisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916
  3. St. Louis Southwestern Rt. Co. of Texas v. Berry & SlauterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
  4. Hegman v. RobertsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Texas Power & Light Co. v. HaleTexas Commission of Appeals · 1926
  2. Wischkaemper v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
  3. Dockery v. Shaw RogersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1924
  4. Thorp v. CookCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
  5. Wischkaemper v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920

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