Lancaster v. Pitzer
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Eighth Supreme Judicial District. Suit by S. A. Pitzer against J. L. Lancaster and Pearl Wight, receivers of the Texas & Pacific Railroad, in which the defendants made L. A. Miller a party.- Judgment for plaintiff against the receivers, and for the receivers against L. A. Miller, was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals (211 S. W. 313), and the receivers bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtKittrell, J.
J. L. Lancaster and Pearl Wight were receivers of the Texas & Pacific Railroad, and one L. A. Miller operated a dipping vat for dipping cattle, which vat, as the Court of Civil Appeals found, “was upon premises not under the control or management of the receivers, but owned and operated by one Miller under the supervision of the Live Stock Sanitary Board of Texas."
If it is meant by this language that the vat was owned and operated by Miller, the statement is correct, but he did not own the land, but as a copy of lease contract, which is made a part of the statement of facts, shows, the land…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. TrawickTexas Supreme Court · 1891
- Dawson v. ParhamSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1892
- Norfolk & Western Railroad v. Harman & CrockettSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Russell v. ConsidineSupreme Court of Kansas · 1917
3Cited by1 opinion
- Lancaster v. SaylesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1921