Legal Opinion

Fruit Dispatch Co. v. Independent Fruit Co.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 20, 1917No. 7778PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Dallas County Court; T. A. Work, Judge. Suit by the Eruit Dispatch Company against the Independent Fruit Company and others. Prom a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

RAINEY,' C. J.

Appellant brought this suit in the justice court to recover of appel-lees for the sum of $187.50, the price of a carload of bananas. Appellant recovered judgment in the justice court, from which appellee attempted to appeal to the county court, which court assumed jurisdiction and tried the case, and judgment was rendered for appellees, from which judgment appellant appealed to this court.

We are met at the threshold of our consideration of this case with the proposition by appellant that the appeal bond was not filed in the justice court within 10 days after the rendition of the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Chrisman v. GrahamTexas Supreme Court · 1879

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Searcy v. Sagullo, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1996
  2. Fruit Dispatch Co. v. RaineyTexas Supreme Court · 1921
  3. Rosenfeld v. SteelmanTexas Supreme Court · 1966
  4. Westwood Shores Country Club and Tim Williams, Appellants/Cross-Appellees v. Bert Lee Hendrickson, Sr., Appellee/Cross-Appellant, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2013
  5. Brown v. MataskaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1924

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