Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Ferguson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Plaintiff’s amended petition, September term, 1881, states in substance: That tbe defendant’s railroad extends from Texarkana on the east to Fort Worth; that during 1880 defendant was doing a business of carrying passengers in connection with the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad; that on November 4, 1881, plaintiff took passage on last road, having procured tickets on the same at Grenada, Mississippi, for Dallas, Texas, by way of the Texas and Pacific Railroad, in…
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Plaintiff’s amended petition, September term, 1881, states in substance: That tbe defendant’s railroad extends from Texarkana on the east to Fort Worth; that during 1880 defendant was doing a business of carrying passengers in connection with the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad; that on November 4, 1881, plaintiff took passage on last road, having procured tickets on the same at Grenada, Mississippi, for Dallas, Texas, by way of the Texas and Pacific Railroad, in connection with other roads, and there had three trunks of baggage checked to Fort Worth, checks being given him stamped thus:…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
Opinion by The question involved under the first assignment of errors is presented in the proposition of appellant’s counsel in their brief, as follows: “ Where a common carrier is sued for lost baggage, it is necessary for the passenger to show that it came into that carrier’s hands.” We have very recently determined this question, so far as it may be sought to be applied to facts like those which constitute the plaintiff’s case. In the case of the Texas and Pacific Railroad Co. v. Fort, referred to us by the Court of Appeals at present session (Texas Law Reporter, vol. 1, 289), we held, in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Norton v. SewallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Illinois Central Railroad v. CopelandIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
- Stimson v. Connecticut River RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Miss. Central Railroad v. KennedyMississippi Supreme Court · 1868
- New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad v. MooreMississippi Supreme Court · 1866
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