Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. Everett
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Llano County. Everett sued the three defendant railway companies and recovered judgment, from which they appealed, and, on affirmance, obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
The following statement of the case and of the evidence will be sufficient for the purposes of this opinion:
Everett was the owner of certain cattle which he desired to ship from the town of Llano, in Texas, to Fairfax, in Oklahoma Territory, and presented to the agent of the Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company at Llano the following writing: “Llano, Texas, April 8, 1903. Mr. E. W. Tarrence, Agent Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company, Llano, Texas. Dear Sir: For the purpose of making a shipment of cattle from Llano, Texas, to Fairfax, Oklahoma Territory, I…
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