Belcher v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Ebbob to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Cooke County. Belcher sued the railway company and appealed from a judgment in the trial court in favor of defendant. It was affirmed in the Court of Civil Appeals, and he obtained writ of error. On a former appeal in this cause the opinion by the Supreme Court upon certified questions is reported in 88 Texas, 549, and 89 Texas, 428.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
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This suit was brought by appellant in the District Court of Cooke County on the 23d day of February, 1893, to recover of appellee special damages to 1500 head of beef cattle, caused by the negligence of appellee in failing to transport from Sherman to Gainesville within a reasonable time a certain carload of cotton seed hulls, delivered to it on Saturday, December 24, 1892, consigned to appellant at Gainesville, by reason whereof his cattle were for three days deprived of the proper and accustomed food, and were thereby greatly injured and damaged. It was also…
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