Easton v. Dudley
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Ellis. Tried below before Hon. Anson Rainey. The following statement accompanies the opinion: This suit was brought by appellee J. M. Dudley against appellants H. S. Easton, Charles Dillingham, and James Rintoul, receivers of the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company, alleging that J. T. Bell, agent of appellants at Ennis, on June 33, 1888, agreed with plaintiff to furnish him six cars for shipment of 131 cattle on the next day at 3 p. m., plaintiff agreeing to…
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Appeal from Ellis. Tried below before Hon. Anson Rainey. The following statement accompanies the opinion: This suit was brought by appellee J. M. Dudley against appellants H. S. Easton, Charles Dillingham, and James Rintoul, receivers of the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company, alleging that J. T. Bell, agent of appellants at Ennis, on June 33, 1888, agreed with plaintiff to furnish him six cars for shipment of 131 cattle on the next day at 3 p. m., plaintiff agreeing to deliver the same at defendants’ stock pens at the time mentioned, the cattle to be shipped by defendants to Chicago;…
1Opinion of the Court
COLLARD, Judge.
It is insisted by the appellants that J. T. Bell, station agent at Ennis, and who had been agent of the company for whom the receivers were in charge of the road for twenty years, had no authority to make the special,contract with appellee, the plaintiff below, to furnish him the cars for shipment of his cattle on the day specified. The •agent testified that he had no authority to make such special contracts. He says that he did agree with plaintiff to furnish him the necessary cars for the shipment of the cattle, and that they were to be furnished on the next day after the…
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