Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. Geo. H. McFadden & Bro.
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in appeal from Tarrant County. McFadden & Bro. sued the Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company and Fort Worth & Hew Orleans Railway Company and had judgment against the former only, which appealed, as did also the plaintiffs. The judgment against the appealing defendant was affirmed and that in favor of the appellee defendant was reversed and rendered for plaintiffs.
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Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in appeal from Tarrant County. McFadden & Bro. sued the Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company and Fort Worth & Hew Orleans Railway Company and had judgment against the former only, which appealed, as did also the plaintiffs. The judgment against the appealing defendant was affirmed and that in favor of the appellee defendant was reversed and rendered for plaintiffs. Each of the two defendant companies obtained writ of error. The suit was originally brought against the Houston & Texas Central “Railway” Company and Dillingham, its…
1Opinion of the Court
We adopt the conclusions of fact filed by His Honor, contained in the record on pages 197 et seq. We also adopt the conclusions of law filed by him on all questions in issue between the appellees, George H. McFadden Bros., and the Houston Texas Central Railroad Company. This course dispenses with an extended discussion of the questions presented.
We deem it proper, upon the defense of limitation included within these issues, merely to remark that it rests upon the alleged difference in the corporation known as the Houston Texas Central Railway Company and that known as the Houston Texas…
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