Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Barber

TALBOT, Associate Justice.

This suit was instituted by A. C. Barber in the Justice Court of precinct Mo. 1, Johnson County, Texas, to recover damages in the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for delay in the shipment of a carload of lumber from Harts-burg, Texas, to Cleburne, Texas. Upon a trial in the Justice Court judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff for the amount sued for and appeal was perfected by defendant to the County Court. Plaintiff filed his petition in writing in the County Court, and upon a trial in -that court, before the judge thereof and without a jury, judgment was…