Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Sherrod
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Wichita County. Sherrod and others sued the railway company for injury to cattle in their transportation, and recovered judgment which was affirmed on appeal by defendant, who then obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
The defendants in error brought this suit against the plaintiff in error and the Fort Worth & Denver Railway Company to recover damages for loss of some and injuries to others of certain cattle which were shipped by them from Wichita Falls to Fort Worth and thence over the road of the plaintiff in error to Stanton, Texas. Upon the trial the jury gave a verdict in favor of the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company and against the Texas & Pacific Bailway Company, from which the latter appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals. The judgment having been affirmed by that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. EdwardsTexas Supreme Court · 1890
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