Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Prunty
Texas Supreme Court
Questions certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Wise County. The railway company appealed from a judgment recovered against it by Prunty. Two of the appellate judges being for reversal and one dissenting, the point was certified to the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips
delivered tffe opinion of the court:
The suit was one for damages to some mares and colts belonging to the plaintiff, caused by alleged rough handling by the railway company in their shipment. In proving the damages two witnesses for the plaintiff were asked to give their opinion as to ‘the reasonable market value of the animals at destination if they had been handled with ordinary care and delivered in good condition.’ In another form the question called for their opinion as to ‘the difference, if any, between the reasonable market value of the animals at destination in the condition in which…
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