Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Dennis
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COUNTY COURT OP MILAM COUNTY, STATE OP TEXAS. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devantee
This was an action to recover damages from a railway company for the killing of a cow by one of its trains in Milam County, Texas. The case originated in a justice’s court, and was carried by appeal to the County Court, where the plaintiff obtained a judgment for $75 as damages and $20 as attorney’s fee. The attorney’s fee was awarded under a statute of the State (Laws of 1909, c. 47, p. 93) which the company insisted was repugnant to the due process of law and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.- The insistence was overruled and the…
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