Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Hume Bros.
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Third District, in an appeal from Eunnels County.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
Hume Brothers sued the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company to recover damages for the breach of a verbal contract alleged to have been made by the station agent of the railroad company at Ballinger with the plaintiffs, whereby the railroad company agreed to furnish to plaintiffs cars to ship a large number of cattle on a certain day. It is alleged that plaintiff^, in pursuance of the contract, drove the cattle to Ballinger, and on the day agreed upon were ready to ship them, bnt the railroad company failed to furnish the cars, and did not furnish them for a…
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