Pecos & Northern Texas Railway Co. v. Womble

CONNER, Chief Justice.

— This suit was instituted in the County Court of Deaf Smith County by appellee on December 24, 1907, to recover alleged damages to one hundred and twenty head of cattle, shipped by him to Kansas City, Missouri. It was alleged that on the 16th day of October, 1906, the cars were ordered for the shipment, and that appellant promised to furnish them on the 10th of November following; that on the evening of the 9th of November, 1906, the plaintiff placed his cattle in the pens for shipment, but that the defendant company did not furnish the necessary cars until on the 28th…