Legal Opinion
Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. Felix P. Bath & Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 28, 1897PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Appeal from Dallas. Tried below before Hon. Edward Gray.
1Opinion of the Court
LIGHTFOOT, Chief Justice.
We adopt appellees’ statement of the ease, as follows: This suit was by appellees to recover damages for the nondelivery of certain cotton shipped by them from different points in Texas over the Houston & Texas Central Railroad, to be delivered to them or to their order at Liverpool, England.
At the time of the shipments and at the time this suit was brought, the said road was being operated by Charles Dillingham, nominally as receiver of the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company, he having been appointed such receiver in a suit in the United States Circuit Court for…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. GayTexas Supreme Court · 1894
- Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. StrycharskiTexas Supreme Court · 1896
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. WilsonTexas Supreme Court · 1891
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. China Manufacturing Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1890
- Olcott v. HeadrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
3Cited by6 opinions
- American Express Co. v. DuncanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
- S. L. S. F. R. R. Co. v. BrosiusCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1907
- Houston & T. C. R. v. City of EnnisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918
- Memphis Cotton Oil Co. v. GoodeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
- American Express Co. v. DuncanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
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