Eastern R. Co. of NM v. Littlefield
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP TEXAS. The facts are stated in the opinion. Federal questions which the highest state court is by its settled practice justified in disregarding, either because not assigned or not noticed or relied upon in the brief or argument of counsel will not serve as a basis of a writ of error from the Federal Supreme Court.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP TEXAS. The facts are stated in the opinion. Federal questions which the highest state court is by its settled practice justified in disregarding, either because not assigned or not noticed or relied upon in the brief or argument of counsel will not serve as a basis of a writ of error from the Federal Supreme Court. Hulbert v. Chicago, 202 U. S. 275; Cox v. Texas, 202 U. S. 446; Western Electrical Co. v. Abbeville Electrical Co., 197 U. S. 299; Cin. & Ohio Ry. v. Slade, 216 U. S. 78; West. Un. Tel. Co. v. Wilson, 213 U. S. 52; Leothe v. Thomas, 207 U.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar
The plaintiffs in error jointly operate the Santa Fe system, of railway lines extending through Arizona, Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma into Missouri. The Littlefield Cattle Company owns ranches near these roads and. brought suit for damages caused by their failure to furnish cars needed for the transportation of cattle from points in Texas to points in Missouri.
The Cattle Company’s declaration averred that finding in the spring of 1907 that it would need 200 cars in which to ship- cattle to market it requested the carriers’ station, agent in May, 1907, to furnish these cars in lots of 50, at…
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