Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. Hill

BOOKHOHT, Associate Justice.

This action was brought by F. M. Hill to recover for the loss or conversion of one mule out of a shipment of two cars of mules received by the Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company at McKinney, Texas, for shipment to Fort Worth, Texas, plaintiff alleging that he delivered fifty mules at McKinney, Texas, and that only forty-nine mules were delivered to consignees at Fort Worth. The trial resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $235.20 against the Houston & Texas Central■ Railroad Company, .and in favor of the other two defendant companies, viz.,…