Panhandle & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Lawless

PELPHREY, Chief Justice.

This case was originally filed in the justice’s court of precinct No. 4, in Upton county, Tex., by appellee. He there sought to recover the sum of $150 alleged to be the value of two mules killed by appellant’s train. Appellant failed "to appear, and a judgment by default against it for $150 plus $20 attorney’s fees was rendered.

It later appealed the cause to the county court of Upton county, where an agreement as to pleadings was made. That agreement shows that appellee was suing appellant for alleged damages for the killing of two mules worth $150. He alleged that…