Davies v. Texas Central R. R. Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of McLennan County. Tried below before Hon. Marshall Surratt.
1Opinion of the Court
JENKINS, Associate Justice.
Appellant filed this suit on September 3, 1908, as surviving partner of Thomas Taylor & Co., against the T. C. R. R. Co., the I. & G. N. R. R. Co., and T. J. Freeman, as receiver of said last mentioned company, alleging that on November 23, 1905, said Taylor & Company entered into a written contract with the T. C. R. R. Co. for the transportation of 235 bales of cotton from Hico, Texas, to Galveston, Texas, and the failure to deliver 12 bales of said cotton. By proper allegations it is shown that the I. & G. N. R. R. Co. is the connecting carrier, and that T. J.…
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