Legal Opinion

St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Carlisle

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 16, 1904PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Mitchell. Tried below before Hon. W. B. Crockett.

1Opinion of the Court

SPEER, Associate Justice.

John Carlisle sued the Texas & Pacific Bailway Company and the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Bail-way Company in the County Court of Mitchell County and recovered judgment for damages to a shipment of beef cattle intended for market, upon an allegation of rough handling and delay. The latter company alone appeals.

The first assignment of error is overruled for the reasons given in St. Louis I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. White, 8 Texas Ct. Rep., 517, 1 Gammel’s Law Journal, 613.

The second and third assignments are sustained. In the absence of evidence showing the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Wallingford & Russell v. Columbia & Greenville RailroadSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1887

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Cherokee Water Co. v. ForderhauseCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1987
  2. Nashville v. JohnsonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1914
  3. Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. CaubleCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  4. Quanah, A. & P. Ry. Co. v. GallowayCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911
  5. International & G. N. Ry. Co. v. Landa & StoreyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916

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