Legal Opinion

Fort Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. Lemons

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 30, 1924No. 2253. [fn*]Published

Appeal from District Court, Potter County; Henry S. Bishop, Judge. Action by H. L. Lemons and others against the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company and another. From judgment for plaintiff, named defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtRandolph, J.

This suit was brought by Lemons against the Panhandle & Santa Fé Railway Company and the Ft. Worth & Denver City Railway Company to recover damages to a shipment of cattle. Judgment was rendered by the trial court that the plaintiff take nothing by his suit against the Santa Fé and in plaintiff’s favor against the defendant Denver Railway for $1,884.08, from which judgment the defendant Denver Railway has appealed.

The shipment of cattle was made in two cars, over the Santa Fé Railway from Panhandle, Tex., to Amarillo, and over the Denver Railway from Amarillo to Fort Worth. We copy the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. BighamTexas Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Seale. v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe R'y Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Railroad Co. v. ReevesSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  4. Parsons v. HardyNew York Supreme Court · 1835
  5. Morrison v. Davis & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1853

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