El Paso & Southwestern R. Co. v. Eichel & Weikel
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court to review a.judgment of a state court on writ of error under § 709, Rev. Stat., are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
Writ of error sued out under § 709, Rev. Stat., to review a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals, that being the highest court of the State in which a decision in the suit could be-had,because the Supreme Court of Texas denied a petition for writ of error to review the judgment in that court.
The action was brought by defendants in error in the District Court of El Paso County, Texas, to recover damages for certain alleged breaches of contract committed by the railroad company, now plaintiff in error. Damages were recovered accordingly, and the judgment awarding them was affirmed by the…
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