Saner-Whiteman Lumber Co. v. Texas & N. O. R.

This suit was brought by appellee against the appellant and the Caro Northern Railway Company to recover damages for the alleged conversion by defendants of steel railroad rails alleged to have been worth, at the time of their conversion, the sum of $65,000. Plaintiff's petition alleges in substance: That the rails converted by defendants were leased by it to the appellant lumber company to be used in laying a track for a tram railroad operated by the lumber company in Nacogdoches county; that by the terms of said lease contract, which was executed on June 1, 1905, it might continue in force…