City National Bank of El Paso v. El Paso & Northeastern Railroad

This action was commenced in the District Court of El Paso County by the petitioner to recover $10,101.18 for alleged failure to deliver, in accordance with a shipping contract, 847 head of cattle shipped October 27,1911, by the petitioner from El Paso, Texas, to Kansas City, Missouri, over the connecting lines of railway of respondents, 1 there to be delivered to the First National Bank of that city. Judgment for the respondent was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals of the Eighth Supreme Judicial District of Texas (225 S. W. 391). The Supreme Court of the State denied a writ of error. On…