Southern Pacific Railway Co. v. R. E. Maddox & Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. B. J. Boykin, Special District Judge. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
STAYTON, Chief Justice.
This action was brought by appellees to recover the value of mules shipped from Fort Worth, Texas, to Los Angeles, California, which were killed by the collision of trains after *303they passed into the possession of the Southern Pacific Company. The action was brought .against that company, John C. Brown, then receiver for the Texas & Pacific Railway Company, and against that corporation.
The Texas & Pacific Railway Company, it appearing from the petition that its railway was operated by the receiver appointed by a Circuit -Court of the United States, questioned appellees’…
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