Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co. v. Greathouse
Texas Supreme Court
The following statement accompanied the opinion: This suit is by appellee against appellant to recover damages sustained growing out of a violation of shipment of cattle from Harrold, Texas, to Chicago, Ill.
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The following statement accompanied the opinion: This suit is by appellee against appellant to recover damages sustained growing out of a violation of shipment of cattle from Harrold, Texas, to Chicago, Ill. The petition in substance alleges that on the 3d day of September, 1887, plaintiff delivered to defendant at Harrold for shipment to Chicago 149 head of beef cattle; that defendant received the cattle and agreed by written contract with plaintiff to transport the cattle to Chicago without delays. They were immediately loaded upon the cars and were in good condition, fat, and suitable for…
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Judge,
Section JB.—1. Appellant on the trial of the case objected to the fourth and fifth interrogatories propounded by plaintiff to witnesses Meyers and Davidson and the answers thereto, on the ground that they were leading. Without deciding if or not the interrogatories are leading, we think no injury resulted to appellant by their admission in evidence, because the facts of the wreck and the delay inquired about, and the number of cattle in the train at the time, and the results of the wreck as affecting the cattle further inquired about in the interrogatories, are all facts…
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